Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Haile was born on 23 October 1774, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, his father, Captain John Haile, was 31 and his mother, Ruth Mitchell, was 21. He married Sarah Jane Henderson in 1796. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1861, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Benjamin Haile in the Geneanet Community Trees Index
- Benjamin T Haile
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
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
Some characteristic forenames: Ethiopian/Eritrean Lemlem, Senait, Bereket, Seifu, Abrehet, Amanuel, Berhane, Dawit, Dehab, Fekade, Fekadu, Hagos.
English: northern or occasional form of Hale , or a habitational name from a place called with Old English halh ‘nook, hollow’, such as Haile (Cumberland) or the frequent Hale (for example in Cheshire, Hampshire, Kent, and Lincolnshire).
English and Scottish: variant of Hail .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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