Brief Life History of Amos
When Amos Starkweather was born on 6 February 1763, in Aspinock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathan Starkweather, was 37 and his mother, Dorcas Hamlin, was 35. He married Elizabeth Benjamin. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Canaan, Canaan, Columbia, New York, United States for about 10 years and Worcester, Otsego, New York, United States in 1820. He died on 20 March 1844, in Alabama, Genesee, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wheatville, Stafford, Genesee, New York, United States.
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- Amos Starkwether, "United States Census, 1800"
- Amos Starkweather, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Amos Starkweather, "Find A Grave Index"
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1772
Established in 1772
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a nickname for a stormy-temperedperson. Compare Stark .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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