When William L Hathaway was born on 8 December 1862, his father, Horace Hathaway, was 36 and his mother, Phebe C Seekel, was 32. He died on 25 December 1862, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 0.
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English:
from the Middle English personal name Hatewi (Old English Heathuwīg), or from ancient Germanic Hathuwic, Hadewic, all ‘war’ + ‘war, battle’.
topographic name for someone who lived at or near a road across a heath, from Middle English he(a)th ‘heath’ + wei(e) ‘way’ (Old English hǣth + weg).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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