Hannah Hartwell

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Hartwell was born on 4 August 1791, in Castleton, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, Ebenezer Hartwell Sr, was 45 and her mother, Hannah Wing Bangs, was 45. She married W. H. Smith on 1 April 1813, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Mishawaka, Penn Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died in 1855, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

W. H. Smith
1787–1867
Hannah Hartwell
1791–1855
Marriage: 1 April 1813
Eliza Ann Smith
1820–1890
Charles Smith
David Porter Smith
Lucy Smith
1836–

Sources (2)

  • Hannah Smith in household of M H Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Rutland. Probate Records 1811–1813, 1842–1844, 1804–1808 | Castleton. Probate Records 1842–1844, 1804–1808, 1811–1813 | Fair Haven. Probate Records 1804–1808, 1842–1844, 1811–1813

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): habitational name from any of several places called Hartwell (Staffordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, and Devon), all named with Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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