When Josiah Fort was born on 8 September 1762, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Elias Fort, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Frances Sugg, was 24. He married Cecia Piety Horn on 17 January 1788, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States in 1790. He died on 21 April 1848, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States.
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French, Walloon, English, and Catalan: nickname from Old French, Middle English, Catalan fort ‘strong, brave’ (from Latin fortis). Compare Lefort .
French: from Fort, a French form of the Latin personal name Fortis (from fortis ‘strong, brave’), chosen by early Christians as a symbol of moral strength and steadfastness, and borne by an obscure saint whose cult was popular during the Middle Ages in southern and southwestern France. Compare St. Fort .
French: habitational name from (Le) Fort, the name of several places in various parts of France, named with Old French fort ‘stronghold’ (from the adjective fort ‘strong’). Compare Lefort .
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