Leonard Harrington

Brief Life History of Leonard

When Leonard Harrington was born on 25 October 1780, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonah Harrington, was 32 and his mother, Damaris Warren, was 30. He married Hannah Ladd on 3 June 1804. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1860. He died about 1866, in Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Harrington
1780–about 1866
Hannah Ladd
1775–1851
Marriage: 3 June 1804
Marchia Harrington
1805–1844
Clark Harrington
1815–
David Alonzo Harrington
1816–
Anne Harrington
1818–
Warren Harrington
1807–1891
Mary Ladd Harrington
1809–
Anna Harrington
1811–
Luther Harrington
1813–1847
Diantha Hannah Harrington
1818–1846
Mary Ladd Harrington
1820–1897
Olive Harrington
1823–

Sources (7)

  • Leonard Harrington, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Leonard Harrington, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Leonard Harrington, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .

Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.

Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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