When Elizabeth Stoddard was born on 22 September 1760, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Elijah Stoddard, was 29 and her mother, Mehitable Gillett, was 26. She died on 29 December 1762, in Newington, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 2, and was buried in Newington, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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