When Elizabeth Ely was born in 1797, in Lee, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Ely, was 22 and her mother, Frances Hix, was 17. She married Hezekiah Branson in 1822, in Lee, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1887. She died from 1845 to 1850, in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States, and was buried in Harlan, Kentucky, United States.
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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.
Lieutenant John Murray lands at a bay he names Port Phillip.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: habitational name from Ely, a cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge, so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.
English, French, and Breton (Finistère): from the Middle English, Old French personal name Elie, Hely (Elijah in the King James Bible); see Ellis and Elias .
English: variant of Healey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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