Brief Life History of James
When James Chittenden was born in 1756, in Ruckinge, Kent, England, his father, James Chittenden, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Pellatt, was 23. He married Mary Mount on 11 October 1781, in Kingsnorth, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1822, in Kingsnorth, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66, and was buried in Kingsnorth, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Chittenden, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Kent Marriage Transcription
- James Chittenden, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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1770 · Boston Tea Party
Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.
1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
"On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from a place in Kent named Chittenden, probably from an Old English personal name Citta (perhaps a byname derived from cīth ‘shoot, sprout’) + -ing- denoting association + Old English denn ‘swine pasture’.
History: William Chittenden came from Cranbrook, Kent, England, and settled in Guilford, CT, in 1639. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Chittenden, born in East Guilford, CT, in 1730, received a grant of land in 1774 in VT, where he was governor, as was his son Martin. Thomas's other sons each sat in the VT assembly and held various public offices.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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