Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Clough was born on 23 October 1712, in Salisbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Clough, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Long, was 31. She married Samuel Welch II on 16 February 1746, in Kingston, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1712. She died in 1794, in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Elener Clough, "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905"
- Elener Clough, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Elinor Clough, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a precipitous slope, Middle English clo(u)gh, clou, clew (Old English clōh) ‘ravine, steep-sided valley’, or a habitational name from a place called with this word, for example in Lancashire, Cumbria, or Yorkshire.
English: in the East Midlands, East Anglia, and southeastern England, probably more often a variant of Clow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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