Brief Life History of Nathan
When Nathan Felt was born on 18 April 1775, in Pike, Pike, Wyoming, New York, United States, his father, Nathan Felt, was 21 and his mother, FELT, was 19. He married Dolly Wight on 26 April 1812, in Oppenheim, Fulton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died on 1 May 1850, in his hometown, at the age of 75.
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- Nathan Felt, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nathan Felt, "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nathan Felt - death: 1 May 1850; Pike, Wyoming, New York, United States
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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: metonymic occupational name for someone who made, worked with, sold, or perhaps wore felt, from Middle English felt ‘felt’. Compare Felter .
German: rare variant of Feld ‘field, area of open country’, or an Americanized form of its cognate Velt.
Swedish: rare variant of Feldt , a cognate of 2 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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