Brief Life History of Susannah
Susannah Peterson was born about 1778, in Kingfield, Franklin, Maine, United States. She married John Wyman on 29 April 1799, in Fayette, Kennebec, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Livermore Falls, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1850 and Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States in 1860.
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- Susan Wyman, "United States Census, 1850"
- Susannah Peterson, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Susan Peterson in entry for Rhoda H Sears, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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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.
1799
Historical Boundaries: 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, e.g. Norwegian and Danish Pedersen and Pettersen and their Swedish cognates (see 2 below), Polish Piotrowicz , Slovenian Petrič, Petrovčič, and Petrovič (see Petric , Petrovic ).
Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Petersson, a cognate of 1 above, and also of its variant Pettersson . Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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