When Nancy Ann Hunter was born about 1763, in Louisa, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Stephan Pleasants Hunter, was 28 and her mother, Mary Statham, was 24. She married Jacob Alford on 2 March 1779, in Louisa, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 19 July 1847, in Garrard, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Garrard, Kentucky, United States.
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"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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.
Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).
Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.
History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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