When Mary Haight was born in 1783, in Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, Thomas Haight, was 38 and her mother, Rachel Hoag, was 27. She married William Huff on 25 September 1800, in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1842, in New York, United States, at the age of 59.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
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.
possibly a variant of Hight , a topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
perhaps sometimes a nickname from Middle English hait ‘merry; revelry’.
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