Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Clymer was born on 1 May 1806, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States, her father, Charles Fountain Clymer, was 41 and her mother, Nancy Cubbage Needels, was 37. She married James Clark about 1825, in Fairfield, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Peru Township, Miami, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 3 May 1881, at the age of 75.
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- Nancy Clark in household of James Clark, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Clymer - Published information: birth-name: Nancy Clymer
- Ohio, US. County Marriage Record
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- Marriage
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Worcestershire): nickname from Middle English climber ‘one who climbs’, but in what sense is unclear.
History: George Clymer (1739–1813), a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution, was a prosperous and well-connected Philadelphia merchant. His grandfather, Richard Clymer, came to Philadelphia, PA, in 1705 from Bristol, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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