When Mercy Ellen Warren was born on 6 January 1827, in Wyoming, New York, United States, her father, Pomeroy Warren, was 30 and her mother, Harriet Buell, was 25. She had at least 6 sons with Carey Trumbel Pierce. She lived in Bennington, Wyoming, New York, United States in 1850 and Highland Township, Grundy, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 1 May 1870, in Livingston, Illinois, United States, at the age of 43.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1837: Livingston. Illinois, United States
Historical Boundaries 1841: Wyoming, New York, United States
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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