Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Pond was born on 27 December 1805, in Addison, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, Otis Pond, was 36 and her mother, Polly Crane, was 20. She married Elmer Wright Matteson on 6 May 1828, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States in 1860 and Mexico, Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died on 12 December 1887, in Port Ontario, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Arthur Cemetery, Arthur, Mexico, Oswego, New York, United States.
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- Sarah Madison, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Pond, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Sarah Pond in entry for Judson D Mattison, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1817
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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 (mainly southern): topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or lake, from Middle English ponde ‘pond, artificial or natural pool’, denoting someone who lived or worked by such a feature.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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