Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Prescott was born on 5 September 1809, in Newbury, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Joseph Prescott, was 30 and her mother, Serepta Olmsted, was 28. She married William Heath on 26 September 1828, in Newbury, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States in 1850 and Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years. She died on 27 April 1879, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Sophia Heath in household of William Heath, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sophia Prescott/William Heath, 1828, "Vermont Marriage Records"
- Sophia Prescott Heath, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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: habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, and Devon, all of which are named from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘dwelling’. The surname is most common in Lancashire, and so it seems likely that the first of these places is the most frequent source. It is also present in Ireland, being recorded there first in the 15th century.
History: John Prescott of Standish, Lancaster, England, arrived in NewEngland in 1640 and in 1643 was one of the first settlers ofLancaster, MA. His descendants include several prominent Americans ofthe revolutionary war, including Samuel Prescott, born in Concord, MA,in 1751, whose fame lies in completing the midnight ride of warning in1775 after Paul Revere was captured.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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