Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Howe was born on 17 February 1704, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jeremiah Howe, was 28 and his mother, Judith Cook, was 24. He married Elizabeth Gaylord on 11 March 1730, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 20 November 1783, in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Jerimiah How, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Jeremiah Howe, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jery in entry for Jery How, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name pronounced to rhyme with hoe, who, or how, from Middle English hoʒe ‘spur of a hill, steep ridge, or slight rise’. Hoʒe comes from a late variant, hōge, of the dative case of the Old English root word, hōh, literally ‘heel (of a person) or hock (of an animal)’, a common placename element. The regular Old English dative singular, hō, is the source of the placenames Hoo and Hoe and the surname may also be habitational name from a placename consisting of this word, for example Hoe (Norfolk), Hoo (Kent), Hooe (Devon, Sussex), or either of two places called The Hoo in Great Gaddesden and Saint Paul's Walden (Hertfordshire). Hose (Leicestershire) comes from the plural form of the word (see Howes ). Howe may also be from Old Norse haugr ‘mound, hill’, for without other evidence, this cannot be distinguished from howe ‘spur of a hill’ and is certainly the origin of Howe (Norfolk) and Howe Hill in Kirkburn (East Yorkshire). See also Hough .
English: variant of Hugh , pronounced to rhyme with who or how.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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