Brief Life History of Nathaniel
When Capt Nathaniel Haskell was born on 14 February 1742, in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, Job Haskell, was 25 and his mother, Mercy Leavitt, was 25. He married Deborah Bayley on 30 August 1763, in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 14 October 1794, in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Lower Corner Cemetery, New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Maine
- Nathaniel Haskell, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Nathaniel Haskell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1760
Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Askell with prosthetic H-, from Old Norse Áskell, a shortened form of Ásketill (see Axtell ). The personal name was also popular among the Normans, sometimes in the form Anskell (with ancient Germanic Ans- substituted for As-), which explains why the name occurs in post-Conquest England in counties not settled by Vikings. Its appearance as a surname is often disguised by altered pronunciations; metathesis of /sk/ to /ks/, spelled -x-, for example, has given rise to Axtell . The Normans frequently used the name in Frankish forms; see Askin , Haskin , Hasty , and Astin . For the name in the Isle of Man see Castell .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Khaskl, a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Yeḥezqel (see Ezekiel ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lieutenant Nathaniel Haskell
My fifth-great-grandfather Lieutenant Nathaniel Haskell (1742-1794) was a Revolutionary War veteran from Maine. by Thomas Jay Kemp December 18, 2017 From my notes, I knew he was born in 1742 in Hamp …
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