Brief Life History of Marinda
When Marinda Potter was born on 11 October 1814, in Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States, her father, Gideon S. Potter, was 23 and her mother, Polly Mayhew Hillman, was 23. She married Samuel Dickinson on 21 September 1835, in Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. She died on 20 February 1899, in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
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- Marinda Dickinson in household of Samuel Dickinson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Marinda Dickinson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Miranda Potter in entry for Hezekiah Dickenson, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1837
"During the winter of 1836-37, the Legislature passed an act authorizing the organization of Litchfield, appointing Samuel Riblet to preside over the first election, where there were 20 votes. There is some question as to how the community obtained its name, since the original name was to be Columbus. According to the 1879 History of Hillsdale County, Mr. Henry Stevens, ""a turbulent man,"" who desired the name of Litchfield, went to Detroit where the Legislature was in session, and ""by free use of liquid and other arguments prevailed on the Legislature to adopt that name."""
Name Meaning
English and Dutch; North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.
In some cases also an Americanized form (translation into English) of Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian Lončar ‘potter’ (see Loncar ), and probably also of cognates from some other languages, e.g. Czech Hrnčíř (see Hrncir ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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