William Crittenden
9 April 1784–1800 (Age 15)
Connecticut, United States
The Life Summary of William
When William Crittenden was born on 9 April 1784, in Connecticut, United States, his father, Salmon Crittenden, was 45 and his mother, Lucy Griswold, was 30. He died in 1800, in his hometown, at the age of 16, and was buried in Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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Family Time Line
Salmon Crittenden
1738–1816
Lucy Griswold
1753–
Beriah Crittenden
1782–1860
William Crittenden
1782–1864
Lenon Crittenden
1787–
William Crittenden
1784–1800
Lemon Cruttenden
1787–
Horace Crittenden
1791–
Rebecca Crittenden
1792–1856
Josiah Griswold Cruttenden
1795–1885
Parents and Siblings
1738–1816Male
1753–Female
Siblings
(8)
1782–1860Male
1782–1864Male
1784–1800Male
1787–Female
1787–Male
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World Events (6)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 2
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 2
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
Age 4
1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
Age 4
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
1789
Age 5
1789
Age 5
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from Crittenden or from a lost place called Cruttenden in Headcorn (both in Kent). The former is named with the Old English personal name Gūthhere + Old English -ing- denoting association with + Old English denn ‘woodland pasture’.History: The statesman John Jordan Crittenden, who was born near Versailles, KY, in 1787, was of Welsh descent on his father's side. His immigrant ancestor arrived in VA before 1650. His father, a major in the American Revolution, moved from VA to KY and settled in Woodford Co.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Crittendon
Sources (1)
- William Cruttenden, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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