Brief Life History of Thankful
When Thankful Merriman was born on 17 March 1749, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Phineas Hall, was 33 and her mother, Anna, was 33. She married Giles Hall Sr. on 24 December 1772, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 July 1796, in her hometown, at the age of 47, and was buried in Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford Center, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Thankfull Merriman, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Thankful Hall, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Thankfull in entry for Levi Hough, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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World Events (4)
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.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ + man ‘man’. Compare Merry 1. This surname is established in Ireland (perhaps as an Anglicized form of an unidentified Gaelic name; compare Marmion ) as well as England.
there has probably been some confusion with Marriman, probably an occupational name meaning ‘servant of Mary’, from the female personal name Mary (see Marie ) + Middle English man in the sense ‘servant’, or perhaps a pet form of Mary using the hypocoristic suffix -man. The surname Marriman is now vanishingly rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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