When Mary Baker "Polly" Hart was born on 6 September 1762, in Charleston, South Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Rev Oliver Hart, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Breece, was 41. She married Benjamin Merrill on 11 January 1789, in Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 1801, at the age of 40.
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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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