Brief Life History of Alpheus
When Alpheus Aiken was born on 16 March 1802, his father, Thomas Aiken, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth " Betsy" Dickey, was 32. He died in 1816, in Burlington, Burlington, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 14.
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- Daniel Nash Baptisms-Otsego NY
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World Events (5)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Scottish Aitken .
History: Aiken is the name of a NH family that was prominent in the 18th century; also of a Charleston family descended from William Aiken, who emigrated from Antrim in Ireland to Charleston c. 1800.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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