Amanda Jepson

Brief Life History of Amanda

When Amanda Jepson was born on 9 July 1829, in Bridgeport, Madison, New York, United States, her father, Eli Jepson, was 35 and her mother, Mary Ann Burrington, was 33. She married Nathan Sayles in July 1851, in Bridgeport, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States in 1870 and Sullivan, Madison, New York, United States in 1875. She died on 5 September 1899, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Nathan Sayles
1825–1894
Amanda Jepson
1829–1899
Marriage: July 1851
Mary Priscilla Sayles
1853–
Charles Nathan Sayles
1855–1934
Harriet Sayles
1857–
Frank Fowler Sayles
1863–

Sources (5)

  • Amanda Sayles, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Amanda Jepson in entry for Frank Fowler Sayles and Daisy Belle Shannon, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
  • Mandy Sayles in household of Nathan Sayles, "New York State Census, 1875"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Danish and North German Jepsen .

English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Jepp’, a Middle English pet form of Geoffrey. See Jeff and compare Jeffrey .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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