When Delia Deborah Norton was born in March 1814, in Norwich, Chenango, New York, United States, her father, Asa Almon Norton, was 33 and her mother, Mary Belknap, was 33. She married Beverly Bradley Piper on 25 February 1834, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 January 1861, in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 46.
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Illinois is the 21st state.
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.
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.
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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