Brief Life History of Gamaliel
When Gamaliel Pease was born on 26 January 1790, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Seth Pease, was 26 and his mother, Bathsheba Kent, was 21. He married Catherine Bruner on 1 July 1811, in Adams, Hinds, Mississippi, United States. He died on 12 September 1823, in Natchez Island, Adams, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Adams, Mississippi, United States.
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- Gamaliel, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Gamaliel Pease, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Gamaliel Pease, "Find A Grave Index"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1798 · Mississippi is Organized as an American Territory
The �Mississippi territory existed from April 7, 1798, to December 10, 1817, when the western half became the state of Mississippi and the eastern half became Alabama Territory. The territory was given up by Spain through the Treaty of Madrid.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pese, pise (Old English peose, pise) ‘pea’. The word was commonly used to denote something small or of little worth, as in the phrase not worth a pese. It may have been used to nickname someone who habitually used the term or who was thought to merit it. It might alternatively have been a name for a pea-seller. Compare Bean .
Americanized form of French Pié (see Pie ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
History: Robert and John Pease came from Great Baddow, Essex, England, to Salem, MA, in 1634. In 1644 Robert died, leaving a son (also called Robert) who was apprenticed as a weaver in Salem. By 1646 John Pease was living on Martha's Vineyard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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