William Harmon Harrington

Brief Life History of William Harmon

When William Harmon Harrington was born on 5 August 1782, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Philemon Harrington, was 25 and his mother, Frances Harmon, was 23. He married Nancy Ann Marks on 5 December 1804, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 12 March 1862, in Hickman, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Harrington Cemetery, Centerville, Hickman, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Harmon Harrington
1782–1862
Nancy Ann Marks
1781–1850
Marriage: 5 December 1804
Julia A Harrington
1806–1870
Philamon Harrington
1808–1858
Dempsey A Harrington
1811–1884
Elias Harrington
1814–
Mary Caroline Harrington
1817–
Ewell M Harrington
1820–
Susan Ann Harrington
1822–1895
Merriman Harmon Harrington
1826–

Sources (10)

  • William Harrington, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
  • 3 March 1863, marriage contract between Arton Hassell and Mary Catherine Harrington allowing her to retain control over property from deceased husband William Harrington. Daughter Nancy Catherine Presgrove.
  • William Harmon Harrington, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1789 · Becomes 12th State

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .

Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.

Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

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

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