Brief Life History of Nancy Williams
Nancy Williams Cobb was born in 1785, in Massachusetts, United States. She married John Bartlett on 26 January 1800, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 3 January 1829, in West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Nancy Williams Cobb, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Nancy Walsh Bartlett, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancy Bartlett, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (8)
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.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
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 and Scottish (Angus): from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning ‘lump’, used to denote a large man.
Irish: shortened form of McCobb , a patronymic from the personal name Hob, an English pet form of Robert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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