When Sophia Nancy Potter was born in 1796, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, her father, Philip Batdorf, was 39 and her mother, Catherine Rebecca Bright, was 36. She married John Drewery Mayse on 12 October 1820, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Rockbridge Parish, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died on 8 May 1855, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, at the age of 59.
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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.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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