Brief Life History of Henry Richard
When Rev Henry Richard Hoisington was born on 23 August 1801, in Vergennes, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Job Hoisington, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Knapp, was 26. He married Nancy Lyman on 27 August 1831, in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years. He died on 16 May 1858, in Centerbrook, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Central Burying Ground, Centerbrook, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- Henry N Hoisington, "United States Census, 1850"
- Henry R. Hoisington, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- H.R. Hoisington, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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World Events (7)
1802 · Brass is Discovered
In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname "The Brass City." Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
Perhaps an altered form of Horsington, an English habitational name, from places so named in Somerset and Lincolnshire. The first is named from Old English hors-thegn ‘horsekeeper, groom’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, while the second is named in Domesday Book as Horsintone ‘farmstead (Old English tūn) associated with (-ing-) a man called Horsa’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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