Brief Life History of Mary Williams
When Mary Williams Hewitt was born on 29 January 1805, in Greenbrier, Virginia, United States, her father, Darthick Daniel “Darthie" Hewitt, was 26 and her mother, Bridget Rowland, was 29. She married Danial Fraley Maddox on 29 December 1829, in Sullivan, Sullivan Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Liberty Judicial Township, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1879. She died on 17 December 1879, in Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary Maddox in household of David Maddox, "United States Census, 1880"
- Mary W. Hewitt, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Mary Maddox, "Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hewet, Huet, Hughet, Howet, pet forms of Hugh (Middle English Hewe, Hue; see Hugh and compare Hew ). The spelling Hughet stood for both Huet and the synonymous Huget; see Huggett . This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
habitational name from Hewitts in Chelsfield or Hewitts in Willesborough (both Kent), both named from Old English hīewett ‘cutting’, denoting a place where trees had been cut down. Here there lived families called de la Hewatte (1270), de la hewett (1301), and atte Hewete (1338). The name may also be topographic for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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