Zephaniah Harlow

Brief Life History of Zephaniah

When Zephaniah Harlow was born on 7 May 1748, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Harlow III, was 29 and his mother, Hannah Littlejohn, was 27. He married Patience Johnson on 9 November 1771, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1748. He died on 22 March 1827, in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, at the age of 78.

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Zephaniah Harlow
1748–1827
Patience Johnson
1752–1796
Marriage: 9 November 1771
Zephaniah Harlow
1773–
Patience Johnson Harlow
1775–1849
Freeman Harlow
1776–
Josiah Harlow
1780–1795
Elizabeth Harlow
1782–1852
Ellen Harlow
1787–

Sources (14)

  • Zephaniah Harlow, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Zephaniah Harlow, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Zepheniah Harlow, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1789

George Washington elected first president of United States.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Harlow (Essex), Harlow in Mayfield (Staffordshire), Great Harlow in Clapham (Yorkshire), Harlow Hill in Pannal (Yorkshire), or Harlow Hill in Ovingham (Northumberland). The Essex and Northumberland placenames probably derive from Old English here ‘army’ + hlāw ‘mound, hill’. The other placenames probably derive from Old English hār ‘gray, hoar’ + hlāw.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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