Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Way was born on 4 February 1774, in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Way Sr., was 36 and her mother, Prudence Larkin, was 32. She married Joel Mendenhall on 12 April 1827, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. She lived in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 21 September 1853, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Unionville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Susan Mendenhall in household of Joel Mendenhall, "United States Census, 1850"
- Susanna Way, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Susannah Mendenhall, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southern): topographic name for someone who lived near a road or path, from Middle English wei (Old English weg, cognate with Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg), or a habitational name from some minor place called with this word, as for example any of the places called Way or Waye in Devon or Way in Somerset and Kent.
Chinese: variant of Wei .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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