Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Foote was born on 10 August 1759, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Daniel Foote Sr, was 42 and his mother, Sarah Whitney, was 35. He married Naomi Gillet in 1788, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 26 April 1846, in Stanford, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Peter Foot, "United States Census, 1800"
- Peter Foote, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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