Brief Life History of John
When John Chittenden Jr. was born on 19 October 1666, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, John Chittenden, was 23 and his mother, Hannah Fletcher, was 23. He married Sarah Clay on 13 March 1701, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died in February 1710, in his hometown, at the age of 43, and was buried in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- John Chittenden, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- John Chittenden, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Chittenden, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from a place in Kent named Chittenden, probably from an Old English personal name Citta (perhaps a byname derived from cīth ‘shoot, sprout’) + -ing- denoting association + Old English denn ‘swine pasture’.
History: William Chittenden came from Cranbrook, Kent, England, and settled in Guilford, CT, in 1639. His fourth-generation descendant Thomas Chittenden, born in East Guilford, CT, in 1730, received a grant of land in 1774 in VT, where he was governor, as was his son Martin. Thomas's other sons each sat in the VT assembly and held various public offices.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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