When Elizabeth P. Wright was born about 1807, in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States, her father, Dorastus Wright, was 39 and her mother, Phebe Strong, was 39. She married Amos Wilson in 1826, in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 8 April 1832, in Plainfield, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Fairfax Plains Cemetery, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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