When Waitestill Driggs was born on 6 March 1808, in Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Elisha Driggs, was 48 and her mother, Charity Dakin, was 38. She married Isaac Palmer about 1829. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in New York, United States in 1870. She died on 13 March 1889, in Galway, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Boston, Erie, New York, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Established in 1817
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.
Possibly English: variant of Triggs .
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