Catharine B. Denton

Female30 January 1765–1840

Brief Life History of Catharine B.

Catharine B. Denton was born on 30 January 1765, in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States as the daughter of Jacob Denton. She married William Smith on 15 February 1784, in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1840, in Broadalbin, Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Broadalbin, Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Smith
1760–1837
Catharine B. Denton
1765–1840
Marriage: 15 February 1784
James Smith
1784–
Reuben Smith
1786–
William Smith, Jr.
1787–1869
Denton Smith
1789–1830
Deborah Smith
1793–1828
David Smith
1794–1830
Arthur Smith
1804–1884

Sources (1)

  • Catherine Smith, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 February 1784Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1776

    Age 11

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 11

    New York is the 11th state.

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 21

    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.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in the Domesday Book as Dodintone meaning ‘enclosure, settlement associated with Dodda or Dudda’.

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

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