Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Stafford was born on 31 August 1742, in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Capt. Amos Stafford II, was 40 and her mother, Katherine Carder, was 37.
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- Ellen Stafford, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Ellen Stafford, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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World Events (6)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name principally from Stafford (Staffordshire), but occasionally from other places with similar names, such as Stafford House in Ifield (Sussex), possibly East and West Stowford in East Down (Devon), and three minor places in Devon called Stafford, in Dolton, Broadhembury, and Colyton parishes. The places are all named with Old English ford ‘ford’ as the final element, but have different initial elements. The Staffordshire placename has Old English stæth ‘river bank, shore’; Stafford in Colyton (Devon) has Old English stān ‘stone, rock’; the Sussex placename has Old English stēor ‘steer, bullock’; East and West Stowford (Devon) have Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’; Stafford in Dolton and Stafford in Broadhembury (Devon) may have Old English stæth, stān, or stæf.
Irish (Wexford): variant of Stocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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