Mary " Polly" Hart

Brief Life History of Mary " Polly"

When Mary " Polly" Hart was born in 1810, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Corwin Hart, was 35 and her mother, Mary Caldwell, was 36. She died after 1870.

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Family Time Line

William Corwin Hart
1775–1840
Mary Caldwell
1775–1835
Peter Hart
1800–1870
Rachael Hart
1803–
Larkin Hart
1804–1849
Frances "Franky" Hart
1808–
Francis Hart
1808–
Washington Hart
1812–
Hiram Hart
1814–
Eliza Hart
1819–
Hart
1823–1867
Hart
1825–
Nancy Caldwell Hart
1806–1881
Henry Hart
1808–1897
Mary " Polly" Hart
1810–1870
Martin Hart
1820–
Tabitha Hart
1824–1870

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    World Events (8)

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    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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