Myra Dean

Brief Life History of Myra

When Myra Dean was born in 1790, in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Robert Dean, was 33 and her mother, Eunice Billing, was 27. She married Earle Newton on 22 February 1813, in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 30 January 1861, in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Methodist Cemetery, Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earle Newton
1787–1865
Myra Dean
1790–1861
Marriage: 22 February 1813
Josiah Churchill NEWTON
1816–1869
Diantha Newton
1817–1862
Earl Newton
1819–1910
James Monroe Newton
1821–1841
William Harrison Newton
1824–1911
Myra Minerva Newton
1826–1904
Robert Dean Newton
1828–1897
Joseph Blodgett Newton
1830–1899
Solomon Danforth Newton
1832–1913

Sources (21)

  • Mary Newton in household of Earl Newton, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Myra Dean Newton, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Myra Newton, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

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World Events (7)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1791 · The Bill of Rights

After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean or Dene from this word.

English: nickname or occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official, the head of a chapter of canons or a church official with jurisdiction over a sub-division of an archdeaconry. Though no doubt some deans had illegitimate children, they were officially celibate, and in the main the surname is probably a nickname in origin, similar to Bishop , Prior , Priest , and Monk . The Middle English word deen, dien, dein, is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, doien from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .

English: from the Middle English personal name Deyne (or Dene) a rhyming pet form of Reynald (see Reginald ).

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

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