Hannah Hand

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Hand was born about 1795, in Cape May, New Jersey, United States, her father, Absalom Hand Sr, was 37 and her mother, Martha Hand, was 39. She married James Holmes on 22 January 1814, in Cape May, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died before 1850.

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Family Time Line

James Holmes
1790–
Hannah Hand
1795–1850
Eliza Holmes
1816–
Charles L. Holmes
1822–1861

Sources (3)

  • Hannah Hand, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • Hannah Holmes in entry for Charles L. Holmes, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"
  • Hannah Hand, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"

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World Events (3)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1804

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.

Name Meaning

English, German, and Dutch: nickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the hand or perhaps to skill in its use, from Middle English hond(e), hand(e), Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Johan metter hant (Rijkhoven 1284), Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1 above).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithimh (see Guthrie ), as a result of association with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, such as Claffey , Glavin , and McClave .

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

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