When Mary ‘Polly’ Woodburn was born on 29 September 1796, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Lawrence Woodburn, was 33 and her mother, Nancy Whitman, was 21. She married Alvin Whitney on 11 February 1819, in Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 12 February 1847, at the age of 50, and was buried in Brick Church Cemetery, Wysox, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
"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."
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
English and Scottish: habitational name from Woodburn in Corsenside (Northumberland), Woodburn (Ayrshire, Kincardineshire, Midlothian), or Woodburn in Oakford (Devon). The placenames all derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + burna ‘spring, stream’, i.e. a stream flowing through a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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