When Phinehas Stoddard was born on 27 February 1723, in Newton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Eleazer Stoddard, was 28 and his mother, Susannah Hall, was 26. He married Elizabeth Allen in 1745. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Greene, Greene, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States in 1790 and Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States for about 2 years. He registered for military service in 1776. He died in June 1810, in Durham, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 87.
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Windham County was created from Hartford and New London counties on May 12, 1726
Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Lincoln, Maine, United States
English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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