Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Hart was born on 3 September 1818, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Jackson Hart I, was 29 and his mother, Ruth Stout, was 23.
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Parents and Siblings
1789–1856 Male
1794–1840 Female
Siblings (15)
1811–1864 Male
1813–1902 Male
1814–1888 Female
1816–1817 Male
1818–1872 Male
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World Events (3)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 2
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 17
Name Meaning
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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