When Elisabeth W Hart was born about 9 April 1739, in Avon, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, William Hart, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Baldwin Woodruff, was 25. She married Gideon Hart on 15 November 1759, in Avon, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 1 January 1825, in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Old Cemetery, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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