Brief Life History of Hector Caleb
When Hector Caleb Haight was born on 17 January 1810, in Windham, Greene, New York, United States, his father, Caleb Haight, was 31 and his mother, Keturah Horton, was 32. He married Julia Ann Van Orden on 10 December 1829, in Greene, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 16 June 1879, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Hector C Haight, "United States Census, 1870"
- Hector C Haight, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" (1879)
- Hector Haight, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
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
possibly a variant of Hight , a topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
perhaps sometimes a nickname from Middle English hait ‘merry; revelry’.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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