Brief Life History of Sylvanus
When Sylvanus Hastings was born on 22 March 1721, in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Hastings, was 31 and his mother, Hannah White, was 25. He married Jemimah Willard about 1745, in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 12 January 1807, in Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.
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Sources (36)
- Silvanus Hastings, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sylvanus Hastings - Published information: Family genealogies: death: 12 January 1807; Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States
- Silvanus Hastings, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"
Spouse and Children
1721–1807 Male
1728–1788 Female
Children (11)
1746–1819 Female
1748–1757 Male
1750– Female
1752–1822 Male
1754–1813 Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1689–1760 Male
1695–1774 Female
Siblings (8)
1721–1807 Male
1722–1804 Male
1724–1788 Male
1726–1788 Male
1727– Male
+3 More Children
World Events (4)
1776
Age 55
1776
Age 55
1788 · The First Presidential Election
Age 67
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from Hastings (Sussex), near which the English army was defeated by the Normans in 1066. The placename derives from an Old English personal name Hǣsta + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas. In the latter part of the 12th century, at the time of William the Lion, the surname was taken to Scotland, where it assimilated instances of the native Scottish surname Harestane.
English: variant of Hasting with Middle English genitival -s.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hOistín ‘descendant of Oistín’, the Gaelic form of the personal name Augustine (see Austin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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