Brief Life History of Leonard
When Leonard Hatton was born on 22 October 1732, in York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Edward Hatton, was 22 and his mother, Hannah Combien, was 22. He married Margaret Hatton about 1760, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 27 November 1815, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in York Springs, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Leonard Hatton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Leonard Hatton, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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1749
Historical Boundaries: 1749: York, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: York, Pennsylvania, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Hatton (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire), Hatton Hall (Cheshire), or Cold and High Hatton (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English hǣth ‘heath, heather’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Heath .
English: variant of Atton with prosthetic H-, a topographic name from Middle English atte toun ‘(dweller) at the settlement’ (Old English æt thǣm tūn(e)). Compare Towne .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chatáin, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of (Saint) Catan’; see McHatton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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