When Peter McVean was born in 1824, in Caledonia, Livingston, New York, United States, his father, Donald Daniel McVean, was 49 and his mother, Catharine McLaren, was 41. He had at least 3 daughters with Genevieve Eleanor McVean.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Some characteristic forenames: Scottish Ewan. Irish Brigid.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bheathain ‘son of Beathan’. This is the lenited form of the name, the unlenited form being McBain . Compare McElwain 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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