Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Sutherland was born on 20 January 1806, in Lee, Virginia, United States, his father, Silas Sutherland, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Ann Cummins, was 20. He married Rebecca Flinn on 13 April 1824, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1832, at the age of 26.
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- Abraham Sutherland, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Abraham Sutherland, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Abraham Sutherland, "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Caithness): habitational name from the Scottish county of Sutherland, named with Old Norse súthr ‘south, southern’ + land ‘land’ because the territory lay south of Scandinavia and the Norse colonies in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan associated with the county of Sutherland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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