Brief Life History of Mahetable
When Mahetable McClure was born on 31 January 1774, in Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, James McClure, was 31 and her mother, Mehitable Burpee, was 23. She married John Buswell on 6 September 1792, in Candia, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 30 June 1867, in her hometown, at the age of 93.
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- Mahitabel, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Mehetebel Mcclure, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Mehitable Buswell, "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
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
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir ‘son of Gille Odhar’, the ‘swarthy lad’. Compare Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir regularly Anglicized McAleer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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