Brief Life History of Aaron
When Aaron Burnham was born on 10 July 1806, in Hollis Center, Hollis, York, Maine, United States, his father, Moses Collins Burnham, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Foss, was 26. He married Susan C Reed on 8 August 1830, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1851, in Hollis, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 45.
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- Aaron Burnham, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Aaron Burnham, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Aaron Burnham in entry for Richard Burnham and Lucy M. Neal, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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