When John Folwell Hart was born on 9 April 1787, in Warminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Hart Jr, was 28 and his mother, Ann Nancy Folwell, was 29. He married Mary Horner on 10 March 1810, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 18 June 1840, in Warminster Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Southampton, Upper Southampton Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
The Whiskey Rebellion was a protest against taxes on whiskey by farmers and distillers. People were tarred and feathered. They attacked Bower Hill and headed towards Pittsburgh. The militia was sent in to try and stop it. It finally ended with a repeal of the tax.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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