When Eliza Jane Estes was born on 3 September 1824, in Vermont, United States, her father, Nathan Estes, was 38 and her mother, Catherine MacArthur, was 33. She married William Henry Harrison Ransom on 22 February 1843. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Ransomville, Niagara, New York, United States in 1880 and Porter, Niagara, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died on 25 March 1912, in New York, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in North Ridge Cemetery, North Ridge, Niagara, New York, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’, denoting someone ‘from the east’ or someone living in the eastern part of a village or settlement. Today the name is still pronounced as two syllables, as it was in medieval times.
History: This name was brought to New England by Matthew (1645–1723) and Richard (born 1647) Estes, sons of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dover, England. Probably unconnected is the founder of the VA and TN family of this name, Benjamin Estes (born 1736 in VA; died 1811 in TN).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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