Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Flint was born on 10 July 1725, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Flint, was 44 and his mother, Lydia Jennings, was 30. He died on 24 July 1764, at the age of 39.
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Sources (7)
- Nathan Flint, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Nathan Flint, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nathan Fflint, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1726
Windham County was created from Hartford and New London counties on May 12, 1726
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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