Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Close was born on 1 November 1687, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Thomas Close II, was 50 and her mother, Sarah Hardy, was 37. She died before 1783.
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1775
Post office est. July 26, 1775
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort, such as a courtyard set back from the main street or a farmyard, from Middle English clos(e) (Old French clos, from Late Latin clausum, past participle of claudere ‘to close’). Possibly also a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in such a place.
English: from Middle English clos(e) ‘secret’, applied as a nickname for a reserved or secretive person.
Dutch: variant of Cloos .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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