When Jane Donaldson was born on 28 March 1794, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Donaldson, was 32 and her mother, Martha Elisabeth Cox, was 26. She married Adam A Shake on 29 August 1816, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 15 December 1844, at the age of 50.
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In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
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.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Scottish: patronymic from Donald , generally representing an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhomhnaill (see McDonald ).
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