When Silas Haight was born in February 1762, in Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, John Haight, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Yeomans, was 20. He married Rhoda Mott on 25 September 1783, in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 22 November 1829, in his hometown, at the age of 67, and was buried in Nine Partners Cemetery, Millbrook, Washington, Dutchess, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
possibly a variant of Hight , a topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
perhaps sometimes a nickname from Middle English hait ‘merry; revelry’.
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