Albert Ferrin

Brief Life History of Albert

When Albert Ferrin was born on 24 January 1812, in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Ferrin, was 26 and his mother, Lydia Raymond, was 22. He married Hannah W. Perry in 1827, in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 26 March 1876, in Foxborough, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64.

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Albert Ferrin
1812–1876
Hannah W. Perry
1813–1858
Marriage: 1827
Georgeanna Ferrin
1833–

Sources (7)

  • Albert Ferrin in household of Samuel Ferrin, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Albert Ferring, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
  • Perrin in entry for Hannah W. Perry Perrin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

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.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Ferron 3 or a shortened form of McFerrin . Also compare with Farren .

English: variant of Ferron .

Spanish (Ferrín): from a derivative of ferro ‘iron’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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