Brief Life History of Dorcas
When Dorcas Thompson was born on 5 July 1779, in Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, William C Thompson, was 25 and her mother, Dorcas Eaton, was 24. She married Nathan Kingsbury on 15 January 1800, in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 20 February 1864, in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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- Doreas Kingsbury in household of Eli P Kingsbury, "United States Census, 1850"
- Doreas Shamding, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Dorcas Thompson Kingsbury, "Find A Grave Index"
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1781 · The First Constitution
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.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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