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