Brief Life History of Philena
When Philena Flint was born on 4 April 1762, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Bartholomew Flint, was 35 and her mother, Mary Welch, was 22. She married John Flint on 30 November 1780, in Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 5 October 1805, in Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in South Royalton Village Cemetery, Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Philena, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Philena Flint, "Find A Grave Index"
- Betsey Flint in entry for Bela Flint, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1778
Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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 and German: topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint (from Old and Middle English, Low German flint), or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual, metaphorically as hard as flint.
Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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