Brief Life History of James
When James Harrington was born about 1792, in Vermont, United States, his father, Aaron Harrington, was 24 and his mother, Esther Pond, was 20. He married Susan Becker in 1821, in Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Superior Township, Dickinson, Iowa, United States in 1860. He died on 6 September 1868, in Hazleton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Fontana Cemetery, Hazleton Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States.
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- Jas Harrington, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Harrington, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Harrington in entry for Susan Netcott, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.
Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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