When John H. Dygert was born on 5 May 1807, in Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Henry H. Dygert, was 35 and his mother, Elisabeth Staring, was 39. He married Mary A. Wart on 23 January 1829, in Phoenix, Schroeppel, Oswego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Schroeppel, Oswego, New York, United States in 1875 and Phoenix, Schroeppel, Oswego, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 8 January 1890, at the age of 82, and was buried in Phoenix, Schroeppel, Oswego, New York, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries 1816: Oswego, New York, United States
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.
Americanized form of German Deichert or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname, such as Deikert, from an old compound personal name formed with Old High German dīhan ‘to thrive’ or diot ‘people’ as the first element. Compare Tiger , Tigert , Tygart , and Tyger .
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