Brief Life History of Sylvester
When Sylvester Marsh was born on 14 July 1777, in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ephraim Marsh, was 24 and his mother, Esther Smith, was 25. He married Martha Parker on 3 December 1798, in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. He died in his hometown.
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- Silvanus Marsh, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sylvester Marsh - Individual or family possessions: death: 14 July 1898; Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
- Silvanus Marsh, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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