Urania Post
28 May 1759–
Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
The Life of Urania
When Urania Post was born on 28 May 1759, in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathan Post II, was 22 and her mother, Jemima Mindwell Hurd, was 23.
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Family Time Line
Nathan Post II
1736–1815
Jemima Mindwell Hurd
1736–1805
Maria Urania Post
1759–
Urania Post
1759–
Josiah Post
1761–1813
Phineas Post
1764–1855
Aaron Post
1766–1810
Nathan Post III
1770–1841
Jemima Maria Post
1772–1851
Mina Post
1778–1851
Lucy Post
1778–1871
Parents and Siblings
1736–1815Male
1736–1805Female
siblings
(9)
1759–Female
1759–Female
1761–1813Male
1764–1855Male
1766–1810Male
+4 More Children
Name Meaning
1 North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.2 North German: occupational name for a mounted messenger or courier Middle Low German post.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a mailman, from German Post ‘mail’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Urania Post, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Urania Post, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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