Ebenezer Harris Harrington

Male1837–1905

Brief Life History of Ebenezer Harris

When Ebenezer Harris Harrington was born in 1837, in Salem, Salem, Washington, New York, United States, his father, Andrew Herrington, was 28 and his mother, Lydia Harris, was 38. He married Sarah Burrell on 24 November 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Salem, Washington, New York, United States in 1850 and Avon Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States in 1860. He died in 1905, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Harris Harrington
1837–1905
Sarah Burrell
1836–
Marriage: 24 November 1866
Sarah Harrington
1868–
Maria Herrington
1873–
Rosa Herrington
1874–
Harris Francis Hamington
1869–1949
Levi Ransom Harrington
1871–1948
Louise B. Harrington
1876–1916
Susan Herrington
1878–

Sources (21)

  • Ebenezer Herrington in household of Andrew Herrington, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ebenezer Harris Harrington, "California Great Registers, 1850-1920"
  • Ebenezer Harington in household of Lydia Harington, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 November 1866Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 9

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1854

    Age 17

    Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.

    1861

    Age 24

    Kansas is the 34th state

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .

    Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.

    Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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