Brief Life History of Matilda Martha
When Matilda Martha Smith was born on 16 February 1811, in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States, her father, John B. Smith, was 26 and her mother, Hannah Elizabeth Bartholomew, was 21. She married Kenneth Mackinzy De Freese on 21 February 1825, in New York County, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died on 29 November 1892, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Long Island, New York, United States.
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- Matilda Hyatt in household of Elisha Hyatt, "United States Census, 1860"
- Matilda Smith for daughter Elizabeth Defreeze Chase and Henry Clarens, 1886, "New York, New York City Marriage Records"
- Matilda Smith for son John Smith Hyatt, 1911, "Utah Death Certificates"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1819 · 67 Streets in Brooklyn By 1819
A village map dated April 8, 1819 shows sixty seven streets. The widest streets measured 60 feet wide while the narrowest street, Doughty Street, measured 20 feet wide.
1834 · The City of Brooklyn is Incorporated
An act of incorporation in 1834 turned the village and town of Brooklyn to the city of Brooklyn. The city was divided into nine wards.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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My 4th great-grandparents, Elisha & Matilda Hyatt, along with their son, John Smith Hyatt (my 3rd great-grandfather), traveled from New York to California aboard the Ship Brooklyn in 1846. The voyage …
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