Brief Life History of Audrey
When Audrey Harrington was born on 2 September 1740, in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Captain Job Harrington II, was 38 and her mother, Elisabeth Ann Spencer, was 38. She married Jeremiah Eldridge on 29 October 1761, in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Andria Harrenton, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Ordery Herrington, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"
- THE ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS of JOHN HEARNDON of SCITUATE, R. I.
Spouse and Children
1738–1811 Male
1740– Female
Children (8)
1758– Female
1763– Female
1766– Female
1772– Female
1773– Female
+3 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1701–1775 Male
1702–1751 Female
Siblings (8)
1733– Female
1734– Female
1736– Female
1738–1824 Male
1740– Female
+3 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 36
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Age 36
1803
Age 63
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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