Brief Life History of Amasa
When Amasa Joy was born about 1783, in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, David Joy, was 33 and his mother, Mary Andrews, was 29. He married Rebecca Stevens in 1802.
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- Amasa Joy, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Amasa Joy, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
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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.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
1819 · Panic! of 1819
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.
Name Meaning
English: from Joie, a French female personal name or occasionally from its male equivalent, given especially since the Reformation as an omen or well-wishing name. In some cases the name may also be a nickname for a person of a cheerful disposition, from Middle English joie ‘joy’.
History: Thomas Joy (c. 1610–78), an architect and builder born probably in Hingham, Norfolk, England, appears in land records in Boston, MA, in 1636. He had a considerable influence on Boston architecture.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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