When Jonah Birchard was born in October 1709, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, James Birchard Sr, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Beckwith, was 31. He died in July 1787, in Hanover, Sprague, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hanover, Sprague, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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Hanover is the oldest settlement in Sprague. In 1760, more than a century before the town of Sprague was established,
Settlements were made at Hanover, established as an ecclesiastical society in 1761; at Elderkin's Bridge (Lord's Bridge) and at Lovett's Bridge (Eaglevill
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English (Surrey and Kent): variant of Burchett . This surname is now rare in Britain.
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