Brief Life History of Elizabeth C.
When Elizabeth C. Jacobs was born on 25 February 1777, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Jacobs, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Castleberry, was 39. She married John Cleek on 23 February 1797, in Rockbridge Parish, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Verona, Boone, Kentucky, United States in 1860. She died on 6 January 1864, in Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Boone, Kentucky, United States.
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- Elizabeth Cleek in household of Jacob Cleek, "United States Census, 1850"
- Eliz. Jacobs, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Elizabeth C. Cleek, "Find A Grave Index"
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1781 · The First Constitution
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.
1795
Historical Boundaries: 1795: Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
Name Meaning
Dutch, Flemish, German, English, and Jewish: patronymic from the personal name Jacob , ‘Jacob's (son)’, with genitival (or, as an English name, post-medieval excrescent) -s. This surname is also found in France (Nord, Alsace, and Lorraine). As a Jewish surname it has absorbed various other Jewish patronymics from the same personal name, as for example Jacobowitz , and in North America also cognates from other languages, for example Slovenian Jakopič (patronymic from an old variant of the personal name Jakob ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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