Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Williams was born about 1820, in South Carolina, United States, her father, James Patrick Williams, was 34 and her mother, Lucy Nicholas, was 29. She married Theodore Wesley Carter on 14 November 1843. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States in 1850 and Election Precinct 4 Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died from 1848 to 1917.
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- Mattilda Carter in household of Wesley Carter, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Matilda Williams - Published information: birth: about 1820; South Carolina, United States
- Matilda Carter in entry for John Wesley Carter, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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about 1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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