Brief Life History of Silence
When Silence Rising was born on 1 November 1767, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Deacon Abel Rising Sr., was 29 and her mother, Silence Sheldon, was 24. She married Abijah Remington on 14 April 1784, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. She died on 13 February 1862, in her hometown, at the age of 94, and was buried in Zions Hill Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Silence Rising, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Silence, "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939"
- Silence Remington, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Swiss German and South German: variant of Risinger .
Perhaps an Americanized form of German Reising , or from an unexplained stem riese.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): habitational name from Castle Rising or Woodrising (Norfolk). The placename means either ‘people of a man called Risa’ or ‘people at the brushwood’, from an Old English personal name Risa or Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + the groupname suffix -ingas.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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