Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Dafft was born in 1784, in St. Mary's, Maryland, United States, her father, John Baptist Dafft, was 25 and her mother, Ann Spalding, was 22. She married Ignatius Mattingly III on 26 December 1801, in St. Mary's, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 7 daughters. She died in 1860, in Washington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76.
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- 1840 United States Federal Census
- Mary Daft, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire): nickname from Middle English daff ‘simple person’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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