Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Merriman was born on 18 July 1771, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Theophilus Merriman, was 53 and her mother, Margery Eliot, was 29. She married Samuel Frost on 24 November 1794, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died on 4 March 1864, in North East Village, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 92, and was buried in Montowese Cemetery, North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Ruth Merriman, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Ruth Frost, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Ruth in entry for Noyes Frost, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
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.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ + man ‘man’. Compare Merry 1. This surname is established in Ireland (perhaps as an Anglicized form of an unidentified Gaelic name; compare Marmion ) as well as England.
there has probably been some confusion with Marriman, probably an occupational name meaning ‘servant of Mary’, from the female personal name Mary (see Marie ) + Middle English man in the sense ‘servant’, or perhaps a pet form of Mary using the hypocoristic suffix -man. The surname Marriman is now vanishingly rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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