Brief Life History of Jane Gray
When Jane Gray Gilkey was born in 1778, in North Carolina, United States, her father, John Gilkey, was 38 and her mother, Jane Elizabeth Gray, was 30. She married John Caty Pottenger on 17 March 1795, in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1798, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 20, and was buried in Nelson, Kentucky, United States.
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- Jane Gilky, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Jane Gilkey Pottinger, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jane Gilky, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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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.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Irish (northern): possibly a pet form of the Scottishpersonal name Gilchrist .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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