Jesse Ford

Brief Life History of Jesse

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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Family Time Line

Jesse Ford
1817–1905
Tabitha Ford
1821–1901
Marriage: 16 November 1845
Eliza Jane Cambron
1839–
Samuel B Cambron
1841–1915
John Lemuel Ford
1846–
Reuben Ford
1848–1926
Elwood Ford
1850–
Sarah Ellen Ford
1852–1903
Sylvia G Ford
1854–1925
Amanda Ford
1857–
Andrew P. Ford
1858–1920
Sina Elizabeth Ford
1860–1906
Anthony Ford
1862–
Daniel Appleton Ford
1864–1935

Sources (22)

  • Jefre Ford, "New Jersey State Census, 1855"
  • Jesse Ford, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jesse Ford in entry for Sylvia Y. Ford, "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"

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World Events (8)

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. 

1837

Historical Boundaries 1837: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

1844

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.

Name Meaning

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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