Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Hand was born on 24 January 1724, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Janna Hand, was 31 and his mother, Dorothy Griswold, was 31. He married Lucy Meigs on 14 July 1756, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 29 October 1774, in his hometown, at the age of 50.
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- Joseph Hand, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Joseph Hand in entry for Lucy Meigs, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Joseph Hand in entry for Janna Hand, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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Name Meaning
English, German, and Dutch: nickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the hand or perhaps to skill in its use, from Middle English hond(e), hand(e), Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Johan metter hant (Rijkhoven 1284), Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1 above).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithimh (see Guthrie ), as a result of association with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, such as Claffey , Glavin , and McClave .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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