Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Eager was born on 23 September 1782, in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Francis Eager, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Fairbanks, was 36. She married Timothy Bailey on 7 March 1806, in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 11 April 1843, in Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Sarah Bailey, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sarah Eager Bailey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Eager in entry for Timothy Bailey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1783 · A Free America
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.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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: in most cases probably a variant of Agar or Ager . The name might also have arisen as a nickname from Middle English egre ‘sharp, sour’ (Old French aigre), which developed various transferred senses when applied to people, including ‘impetuous’, ‘fierce’, and ‘angry’, and is the source of the modern English word eager. However, no Middle English examples of this kind have been found.
Irish (Cork and Wexford): variant of English Agar . Compare Eagar .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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