When Sarah Akers was born in 1796, in New Hampshire, United States, her father, Benjamin W Shattuck Jr, was 19 and her mother, Sarah "Sallie" Acres, was 22. She married Jonathan Shattuck on 19 July 1821, in Bethlehem, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters.
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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.
In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Ackers .
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