Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Poole was born on 20 January 1777, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jacob Poole, was 36 and her mother, Rachel Beal, was 34. She married Thomas Pratt on 12 October 1794, in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. She died on 2 August 1863, in Easton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Whitman, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Nabby Gardner in household of Alonzo O Marshall, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nabby Pool, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Nabby Pool, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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.
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 pol(e), polle, poul(e) ‘pool, pond’ (Old English pōl). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by a pool, or habitative, from a place so named.
English: variant of Paul .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Puhl or Pfuhl(e) (see Pool 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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