Thomas North

Male15 March 1787–14 September 1829

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas North was born on 15 March 1787, in Orange, New York, United States, his father, Thomas North, was 38 and his mother, Sibel Gridley, was 24. He married Hannah Osterhout about 1810. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Cornwall, Orange, New York, United States in 1810. He died on 14 September 1829, in New York, United States, at the age of 42.

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Thomas North
1787–1829
Hannah Osterhout
1787–1831
Marriage: about 1810
Sibyl
1809–

Sources (2)

  • Thomas North, "United States Census, 1810"
  • John North of Farmington, Connecticut and his descendants

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1810
  • Children (1)

      Female1809– Female

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1788 · The First Presidential Election

    Age 1

    The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

    1788

    Age 1

    The Town of Cornwall was founded in 1788 as New Cornwall, which was changed in 1797 to Cornwall.

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 13

    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: topographic name from Middle English north ‘north’, denoting someone who had migrated from the north, especially someone from northern England living in the south of the country. It may also have been used to denote someone living in the northern part of a settlement or region.

    Irish: in Ireland, adopted for Mac an Ultaigh ‘son of the Ulsterman’, Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.

    German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with a cognate of Old High German nord ‘north’.

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

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