Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Emerson was born on 2 March 1773, in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, her father, James Emerson, was 34 and her mother, Lydia Hoyt, was 32. She married Moses George on 25 December 1788, in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 4 July 1854, at the age of 81, and was buried in East Weare Cemetery, Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Lydia George, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lydia Emerson, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Lydia Emerson, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1789
Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Emery’, or possibly a variant of Emmeson, from the Middle English personal name Emmott + -son, with later shortening of the first element (see Emmett ). See Emery and compare Empson .
History: The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father's side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, c. 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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