Brief Life History of Eleazor
When Eleazor Gaylord was born on 11 June 1721, in Durham, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Gaylord Jr., was 47 and his mother, Mary Hickox, was 43. He married Prudence Hungerford on 4 January 1749, in Millington, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. He lived in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1810. He died on 7 March 1810, in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Old South Cemetery, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Eleazer Gaylord, "United States Census, 1810"
- Eleazer Gaylord, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Eleazer Gaylord, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1748
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1785
Originally an agricultural village called New Cambridge
Name Meaning
English (southern, of Norman origin): variant of Gaylard altered by folk etymology, from the Old French and Middle English personal name Gaillart, Gallard, Galliard, representing either the ancient Germanic personal name Gailhard (composed of elements meaning ‘powerful, lusty, cheerful’ + ‘hard, firm, resilient, strong’) or Old French gaillard, gaillart ‘vigorous, powerful, strong’. Alternatively, from Middle English gaillard, galiard ‘brave, strong, valiant’, also ‘lively, gay, gaily dressed’.
Altered form of Gaylard, itself an Anglicized form of French Gaillard , which was brought to England by the Huguenots.
In some cases also an Americanized form of French Gaillard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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