When Phineas Leland was born on 12 October 1798, in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Leland, was 38 and his mother, Lydia Sherman, was 35. He married Sally Rand Perkins on 27 May 1829, in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States in 1850. He died on 2 January 1878, in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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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.
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.
Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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