When Hannah Nearing was born in 1814, in New Lisbon, New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Nearing, was 52 and her mother, Julia Genung, was 23. She married John Thomas Cope about 1845, in New Lisbon, New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Laurens, Otsego, New York, United States in 1855 and New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States in 1870. She died in 1903, at the age of 89.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Americanized form of German Niering, a habitational name from a place so named in Westphalia, and possibly also of Nehring .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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