Brief Life History of Uriel
When Uriel Huntington was born on 7 May 1771, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Theophilus Huntington, was 44 and his mother, Lois Gifford, was 41. He married Betsey Hough on 6 January 1796, in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 18 February 1839, in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Bowdoinham Village Cemetery, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States.
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- Uriel Huntington, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Uriel Huntington, "Find A Grave Index"
- Uriel Huntington, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places called Huntington, most of which are named with Old English huntena, the genitive plural form of hunta ‘hunter, huntsman’, + dūn ‘hill’ or tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Some, however, may have Old English hunting ‘hunting’ as the initial element, while others may derive from the Old English personal name Hunta (genitive Huntan), perhaps with Old English connective -ing-, + tūn. The surname may also arise from Huntingdon (Huntingdonshire), which derives from the Old English personal name Hunta (genitive Huntan) or Old English hunta (genitive huntan) + dūn.
History: A prominent American family of this name were founded by Simon Huntington, who himself never saw the New World, for he died in 1633 on the voyage to Boston, where his widow settled with her children. Their descendants include Jabez Huntington (1719–86), a wealthy West Indies trader, and Samuel Huntington (1731–96), who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) was an American railway magnate. Beginning with little education or money, he made a huge fortune, some of which he left to his nephew, Henry Huntington (1850–1927), who used the money to establish the Huntington library and art gallery in CA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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