Brief Life History of Bette
When Bette Prior was born on 20 April 1777, in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Isaac Prior, was 35 and her mother, Beulah Parsons, was 33. She married Isaac Meacham on 2 June 1796. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States in 1850. She died in 1855, at the age of 78.
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- Betsey Meacham in household of Jsa* H Meacham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Bette Prior, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Betsey in entry for Isaac Henry Meacham, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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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.
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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 (southern), Scottish, Dutch, and German: ultimately from Latin prior ‘superior’, used to denote a prior, a monastic official immediately subordinate to an abbot, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a prior.
Irish: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac an Phríora ‘son of the prior’ (this is the usual origin in counties Cavan and Leitrim). Some examples may be Anglo-Norman, the same name as in 1 above.
Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan: from prior, probably denoting someone in the service of a prior or a nickname for someone who behaved in a pompous way.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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