When Nancy Lykins was born from 1780 to 1781, in Bent Mountain, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, her father, William Marcus Likens, was 41 and her mother, Margaret Howe, was 36. She married Bolden Childress on 5 March 1805, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States. She lived in Floyd District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1860.
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On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Americanized form of Swedish Lyckan (via various intermediate forms, including Lycon): habitational name from Lyckan, a place in Värmland, Sweden. The surname Lyckan is not found in Sweden. Compare Likens , Likins , Lycan , and Lykens .
History: The progenitors of the Lykins family were brothers Michael Nilsson Lycon and Peter Nilsson Lycon from New Sweden, most probably sons of Nils Andersson Lycon or Lyckan, who arrived in New Sweden on The Eagle in 1654.
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