Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah Anthony was born on 19 October 1767, in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Anthony, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Gould, was 31. He married Lois Sisson on 4 September 1793, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 3 December 1842, in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Elijah Anthony, "United States Census, 1840"
- Elijah Anthony, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elijah Anthony in entry for George Anthony, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"
Spouse and Children
1767–1842 Male
1772–1852 Female
Children (4)
1794–1797 Male
1796–1888 Male
1798–1842 Male
1802–1878 Female
Parents and Siblings
1733–1774 Male
1735–1812 Female
Siblings (5)
1757– Female
1759–1820 Male
1762–1840 Female
1765–1842 Male
1767–1842 Male
World Events (8)
1772 · The Gaspee Affair
Age 5
1776
Age 9
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 20
Name Meaning
English and West Indian (mainly Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago, also Dutch Caribbean): from the personal name Anthony, Latin Antonius, which, with its variants and cognates, is one of the commonest personal names in Europe. Spellings with -h-, which first appear in English in the 16th century and in French (as Anthoine) at about the same time, are due to the erroneous belief that the name derives from Greek anthos ‘flower’. The popularity of the personal name in Christendom is largely due to the cult of the Egyptian hermit Saint Anthony ( AD 251–356), who in his old age gathered a community of hermits around him, and for that reason is regarded by some as the founder of monasticism. It was further increased by the fame of Saint Anthony of Padua (1195–1231), who long enjoyed a great popular cult and who is believed to help people find lost things. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates and derivatives (patronymics) from other languages, for example Greek patronymic Antoniades , Italian Antoni , Polish Antoniewicz , Croatian and Serbian Antonović (see Antonovich ) and Antunović; see also below. The name Anthony is also found among Christians in southern India, but since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US. Compare Antony .
German, Flemish, and French (mainly Alsace): Latinized (humanistic) patronymic from local equivalents of the Latin personal name Antonius, from its genitive form Antoni(i). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the German, Dutch, French, and Slovak cognates Antoni 1 and Antony 2.
History: John Anthony of Hampstead, Middlesex, England (now part of north London) migrated to Boston, MA, in 1634. By 1640 he had moved to Providence, RI, where his descendants are still established.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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