When Betsey Nearing was born on 9 May 1816, in New Lisbon, New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Nearing, was 53 and her mother, Julia Genung, was 24. She married Harvey Gregory on 7 March 1839. She lived in Independence, Allegany, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 11 August 1864, at the age of 48, and was buried in Harmony Cemetery, Otsego, New York, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
Americanized form of German Niering, a habitational name from a place so named in Westphalia, and possibly also of Nehring .
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