Peninah Hawley was born in 1781, in Charlton, Charlton, Saratoga, New York, United States. She married Richard Taylor about 1799, in Saratoga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 18 February 1803, in her hometown, at the age of 22, and was buried in Charlton, Charlton, Saratoga, New York, United States.
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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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English: habitational name from a lost place called Hawley in Sheffield (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse haugr ‘hill, burial mound’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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