Brief Life History of Deborah
When Deborah Cilley was born on 9 January 1793, in Andover, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Jonathan Cilley, was 47 and her mother, Mary Fellows, was 34. She married Ebenezer Tilton on 21 October 1813, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States in 1850. She died on 31 March 1863, in Mineral, Bureau, Illinois, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Deborah Tilton in household of Edward F Eaton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Debora Cilly in entry for Wilder Tilton, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
- Deborah Tilton in household of John Parkinson, "United States Census, 1850"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Silley, itself a variant of Seeley .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Zille: perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a bargee, from Middle High German zülle ‘barge’, mainly used in Saxony and the Berlin area.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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