When Jesse Ford was born on 10 April 1817, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, his father, Jeremiah Ford, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Jane Cramer, was 22. He married Tabitha Ford on 16 November 1845, in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in New Jersey, United States in 1870 and Millville Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States for about 5 years. He died on 10 January 1905, in Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Millville, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1837: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States
The 1844 revision of the New Jersey State Constitution made some significant changes. Suffrage rights were revoked from women and non-whites, meaning that only white men could vote. A separation of powers was established between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A new bill of rights was provided, and the state now had the right to elect the governor.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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