Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Shipp was born in April 1828, in Green, Kentucky, United States, her father, Martin I. Shipp, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Puryear, was 41. She married George Washington Presser on 2 March 1847, in Clark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Sherrill, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died in 1900, in Licking, Shannon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Missouri, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Nancey Presser, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nancy Ship, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Nancy Shipp Presser, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1837
Historical Boundaries: 1826: Wayne, Missouri, United States 1831: Crawford, Missouri, United States 1837: Shannon, Missouri, United States 1843: Ashley, Missouri, United States 1845: Texas, Missouri, United States
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname for a mariner or perhaps a boatbuilder, from Middle English schip ‘ship’. Compare Shipman .
in addition, the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational, referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a ship. Surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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