Brief Life History of Alpheus Freeman
When Alpheus Freeman Sears was born on 7 May 1808, in Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Roland Sears, was 45 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Fletcher, was 40. He married Martha A Andrews on 18 December 1833, in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 3 December 1844, in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Alpheus F. Pears, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Alpheus F. Sears in entry for Charles Mortimer Sears and Annie Flower Chapin, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Alpheus Sears in entry for Alpheus Fletcher Sears, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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