When Chester Pinney was born on 28 July 1785, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Capt. Abner Pinney, was 35 and his mother, Ruth Gillette, was 33. He married Lucretia Thompson on 15 July 1810, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Sharon, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Sharon Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 19 December 1863, in Worthington, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Onarga Cemetery, Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Post office est. April 18, 1801
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English (southern): variant of Penny , Pinhey or Pinning. Pinhey is a habitational name from Pinhay in Axmouth, Devon. Pinning is from a Middle English personal name Pening, Pining.
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