Brief Life History of Hamilton
When Hamilton Prettyman was born about 1773, in Indian River Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States, his father, William Prettyman, was 19 and his mother, Elizabeth Craig, was 22. He died on 14 March 1802, in Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Sussex, Delaware, United States.
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Parents and Siblings
1755–1790 Male
1753–1790 Female
Siblings (5)
1773–1802 Male
1776– Female
1777– Male
1780–1851 Male
1781–1867 Female
World Events (8)
1776
Age 3
1777 · Battle of Cooch's Bridge
Age 4
1783 · A Free America
Age 10
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): nickname from Middle English prat(e), pratte ‘cunning, wily’ (Old English prætt) + man, or an occupational name signifying the servant (Middle English ‘man’) of someone named Pretty .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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