When Lydia Hathaway was born on 18 November 1794, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Ebenezer J. Hathaway, was 37 and her mother, Meneta Cowdrey, was 30. She died on 14 October 1796, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 1.
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English:
from the Middle English personal name Hatewi (Old English Heathuwīg), or from ancient Germanic Hathuwic, Hadewic, all ‘war’ + ‘war, battle’.
topographic name for someone who lived at or near a road across a heath, from Middle English he(a)th ‘heath’ + wei(e) ‘way’ (Old English hǣth + weg).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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