Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Nightingale was born on 28 April 1678, in Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Nightingale, was 44 and his mother, Bethia Deering, was 29. He married Hannah Payne on 8 November 1711, in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 17 January 1726, in Quincy, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 47.
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- Joseph Knightingell, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Joseph Nightingale in entry for Samuel Nightingale, "Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Swan Point Cemetery Records, ca.1846-ca.1950"
- Joseph Nightingale, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with a good voice, from Middle English nightegale ‘nightingale’ (Old English nihtegale, from niht ‘night’ + galan ‘sing’). The bird is known as a sweet singer.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Nachtigall , or cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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