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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- 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"
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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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