When Martha Jane Endicott was born on 4 March 1820, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John A. Endicott, was 38 and her mother, Nancy Adair, was 27. She married John Stark Williams on 29 September 1839, in Posey, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Linn, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Yellow Creek Township, Linn, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 31 December 1917, in Posey, Indiana, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Bucklin, Linn, Missouri, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Devon): habitational name from Endicott in Cadbury (Devon), or a topographic name meaning ‘dweller at the end cottage(s)’, Middle English ende + cot.
History: John Endecott (1588–1665) was a prominent figure in the early history of MA, being one of the founding fathers of Salem, MA, in 1638. He served as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629–30), and worked harmoniously with his successor, John Winthrop (see Winthrop ) in 1630, despite differences on points of religious doctrine. He served as governor again in 1644–45, 1649–50, 1651–54, and 1655–64, and as deputy governor in many of the intervening years. He is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground in Boston.
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