Brief Life History of Hiram
When Hiram Emery was born on 19 June 1786, in South Berwick, York, Maine, United States, his father, William M Emery, was 39 and his mother, Philomelia Webber, was 37. He married Rachel Sullivan Simpson on 10 February 1815, in Sullivan, Hancock, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 11 January 1863, in Maine, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Sullivan, Hancock, Maine, United States.
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- Hiram Emory, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Hiram Emery, "Find A Grave Index"
- Hiram, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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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.
1789
Historical Boundaries: 1789: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1790: Hancock, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Hancock, Maine, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the ancient Germanic personal name Amalric, composed of the elements Amal (a dynastic name among the Goths) + rīk ‘realm, power’. The name was introduced into England from France by the Normans, developing into the Middle English personal name Amery, Emery (from Old French Amauri, Emaurri). Compare Amery , Amory , and 2 below.
French: from the Old French personal name Aimery, ancient Germanic Haimeric, from haim ‘home’+ rīc ‘power(ful)’. This may occasionally also be a derivation of the English surname (see 1 above). Compare Lemery .
Americanized form of German Hemmerich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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