Brief Life History of Gideon
When Gideon Flint was born on 25 July 1729, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, John Flint, was 48 and his mother, Lydia Jennings, was 34. He married Sarah Walcott on 5 November 1753. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 12 March 1764, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 34, and was buried in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (20)
- Gideon Flint, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Gideon Flint, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Gideon Fflint, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Spouse and Children
1729–1764 Male
1732–1764 Female
Children (5)
1754– Female
1757–1761 Female
1760–1832 Male
1762–1851 Male
1763– Female
Parents and Siblings
1681– Male
1695–1735 Female
Siblings (7)
1725–1764 Male
1725– Male
1727–1765 Female
1729–1764 Male
1731–1746 Female
+2 More Children
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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