Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Platt was born in 1784, in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, his father, Aaron Platt, was 23 and his mother, Hannah Atkinson, was 22. He married Harriet Rinear on 1 March 1806, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1850, in Mansfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Samuel Platt, "United States Census, 1830"
- Samuel Platt, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Samuel Platt, "United States Census, 1840"
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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 · New Jersey Plan
Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two "houses" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested).
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: Middle English plat, platte ‘flat surface’ (Anglo-Norman French plat, plast), often with the senses ‘footbridge’ or ‘plot of land’. The name may be topographic, for one who lived near such a feature, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Platt in Manchester or Platt Bridge in Wigan (both Lancashire).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German platt ‘flat’.
German: variant of Platte 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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