Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Lancaster was born on 9 December 1780, in Norridgewock, Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, David Bubier Lancaster, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Curtis, was 20. He married Betsey Russell on 4 October 1804, in Canaan, Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1850. He died on 26 June 1850, in Maine, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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- Eben Lancaster, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- Ebeneazer Lancaster, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Ebenezer Lancaster, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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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.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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: habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England, which is recorded as Loncastre in 1086. The place takes its name from the river Lune + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’ (from Latin castra ‘legionary camp’). The river name is probably British, perhaps related to Gaelic slán ‘healthy’, ‘salubrious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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