When Thankful Brockway was born about 1805, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, her father, Justus Brockway Sr, was 60 and her mother, Alice Gardner, was 50. She had at least 1 daughter with Samuel Moses. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died on 10 March 1887, in Newark Valley, Newark Valley, Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 83.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
English: topographic name from Middle English broke ‘brook, stream’ + weye ‘way, road’, for someone who lived ‘(by the) road near the brook’. The name may refer to a lost or as yet unidentified place.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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