Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Burnham was born on 20 January 1809, in Hollis, York, Maine, United States, her father, Moses Collins Burnham, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Foss, was 29. She married Cummings Thompson on 25 May 1824, in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Maine, United States in 1870. She died on 5 November 1873, in Hollis, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hollis, York, Maine, United States.
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- Jane Thompson in household of Cummings Thompson, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jane Burnham, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Jane Burnham, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hām ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.
History: In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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