When Lydia Holt was born in 1787, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Darius Holt, was 23 and her mother, Chloe Holt, was 19. She married William Larrabee in 1810, in Baldwin, York, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 18 August 1872, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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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.
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.
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