Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Tupper was born in 1763, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, Jesse Tupper, was 22 and her mother, Miss Tupper, was 20. She married Joel Griswold Adams II in 1783, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 20 July 1815, in Watertown, Washington, Ohio, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States.
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- 1892 OH: Louise L Adams Will Probated Volume E Page 572
- 1892 OH: Louise L Adams Will Probated Volume E Page 571
- 1892 OH: Louisa L Adams "Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998 for Louisa L Adams" INDEX Volume E Page 571-572
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1777 · New York Adopts a Constitution
The Constitution of New York was adopted by the Convention of Representatives of the State of New York on April 20, 1777. New York’s Constitution preceded and strongly influenced the United States’ Constitution. Three governmental branches were created including the executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch made up of two houses.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Topper .
German (Tüpper; North Rhine-Westphalia): occupational name for a potter, from Middle Low German duppe, Rhenish düppen ‘pot’. This surname is very rare in Germany.
History: This is the name of a family descended from two brothers, originally from Kassel, Germany. They fled religious persecution in the 16th century, settling in the Netherlands, where a descendant became burgomaster of Rotterdam in 1813. A branch of the family settled in England at Sandwich, Kent, whence another descendant, Thomas Tupper, went to America in 1635, and helped to found Sandwich, MA, in 1637. Benjamin Tupper, born in Stoughton, MA, in 1738 was a colonial legislator and explorer of OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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