When Benjamin Close was born in 1775, in Patterson, Putnam, New York, United States, his father, Gideon Close, was 28 and his mother, Jemima Halstead, was 17. He married Sarah Morehouse in 1804, in Clifton Park, Saratoga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Greenfield, Saratoga, New York, United States in 1810. He died on 31 May 1828, in Clifton Park, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Clifton Park Baptist Cemetery, Clifton Park, Saratoga, New York, United States.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort, such as a courtyard set back from the main street or a farmyard, from Middle English clos(e) (Old French clos, from Late Latin clausum, past participle of claudere ‘to close’). Possibly also a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in such a place.
English: from Middle English clos(e) ‘secret’, applied as a nickname for a reserved or secretive person.
Dutch: variant of Cloos .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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