Lydia Sherman

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Sherman was born on 10 March 1798, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Job Sherman, was 34 and her mother, Azubah Crapo, was 29. She married Wanton Brightman on 25 February 1820, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Wanton Brightman
1800–1880
Lydia Sherman
1798–
Marriage: 25 February 1820
Sarah West Brightman
1819–1891
Charles F. Brightman
1820–1886
Lucy A. Brightman
1831–1908

Sources (27)

  • Lydia Brightman in household of Stanton Brightman, "Massachusetts, State Census, 1855"
  • Lydia Brightman en el registro de David Gamage y Lucy A Brightman, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Lydia en el registro de Charles F. Brightman, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.

Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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