Brief Life History of Cynthia
When Cynthia Harrington was born on 30 November 1811, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, William Paul Harrington, was 47 and her mother, Elizabeth Hawley, was 44. She married Elias Bowen on 20 December 1829, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870 and Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 2 November 1883, in Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Cyntha Duffey in household of Francillo Duffey, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cynthia Harrington - Published information: birth-name: Cynthia Harrington
- Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States - Marriage
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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
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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Francillo Durfey, Miriam Jones, Cynthia Harrington, Elias Bowen
FRANCILLO DURFEE\DURFEY MARIAM JONES CYNTHIA HARRINGTON ELIAS BOWEN Preface This history is offered in an attempt to help the descendants of Francillo Durfee\Durfey have a better …
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