Brief Life History of Chloe Lucretia
When Chloe Lucretia Merritt was born on 28 January 1797, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Amos Merritt, was 32 and her mother, Chloe Hall, was 26. She had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Jedediah Greene. She lived in New York, United States in 1870. She died on 15 January 1885, in Palermo, Oswego, New York, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Lucretia Green, "United States Census, 1880"
- Lucretia M Green, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Luciecia Merritt in entry for Jeremiah Merritt Greene, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
1802 · Brass is Discovered
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Merriott , Marriott , or Marritt. The last of these is most often a variant of Merriott or Marriott , but possibly in some instances from Middle English Marret or Merret, a syncopated form of Margaret, Mergeret.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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