Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Holden was born on 18 December 1769, in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Richard Holden, was 35 and her mother, Dorothy Adams, was 32. She married Reuben Nott on 7 February 1788, in Bristol, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. She died on 25 December 1850, in Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Arlington, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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- Louiey Holden, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Louisa Holden, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Louisa Moseley, "Find a Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of various places so named, especially Holden in Haslingden (Lancashire), but also Holden in Bolton and Holden in Silsden (both Yorkshire), Holedean Farm in Henfield and Holden in Rotherfield (both Sussex), Holding Farm in Cheriton and Woolding Farm in Whitchurch (Hampshire), and Holden in Southborough (Kent). Most of the placenames derive from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + denu ‘valley’, though Holden in Rotherfield (Sussex) and Holden in Southborough (Kent) may have Old English denn ‘pasture’ as the final element. Compare Holcomb .
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, most of them derived from Old Norse hǫll ‘slope, hillside’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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