When Andrew Thorndike was born on 19 March 1778, in Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Joseph Thorndike, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Leach, was 32. He married Mary Bixby in Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 13 June 1842, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the age of 64.
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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.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English (Suffolk and Lincolnshire): habitational name from a lost placename composed of Middle English thorn ‘thorn’ + dike ‘ditch, dyke’ (Old English thorn + dīc), perhaps in Lincolnshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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