When Maria Burgess was born on 12 July 1817, in Virginia, United States, her father, West Burgess, was 27 and her mother, Hannah H. Senseney, was 22. She married Squire Swarens on 17 April 1836, in Harrison, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Whiskey Run Township, Crawford, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1851, at the age of 34.
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Historical Boundaries: 1818: Crawford, Indiana, United States
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
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.
English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .
Americanized form of French Bourgeois .
History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.
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