Brief Life History of Ebenezar
When Ebenezar Foote was born on 18 April 1819, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Gideon Foote, was 20 and his mother, Lavina Gillett, was 23. He married Martha Blanchard Shiffer on 1 June 1839, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Pittston Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 18 September 1902, in Duryea, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Marcy Cemetery, Duryea, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Eben Foote, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ebenezar Foote - birth: 18 April 1820; Guilford, Chenango, New York, United States
- Eber Foote, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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