Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Wharton was born in 1793, in Kentucky, United States, her father, William Wharton, was 46 and her mother, Agnes Jackson, was 32. She married Ichabod Ashcraft on 10 April 1815, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 6 December 1878, in Grant, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Fairview Township, Grant, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Elisabeth Ashcrofs in household of Ichabod Ashcrofs, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Wharton - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Elizabeth Wharton
- Elizabeth Wharton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of various places called Wharton, in Westmorland, Cheshire, and Lincolnshire, or from Warton in Lancashire, Northumberland, and Warwickshire. The Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Northumberland placenames probably derive from Old English weard ‘watch’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Cheshire and Warwickshire placenames derive from Old English wæfre ‘swamp, marshy ground’ + tūn. The Westmorland placename may derive from Old English hwearf ‘embankment, shore, wharf’ + tūn.
perhaps occasionally a habitational name from Wiverton in Nottinghamshire, derived from the Old English personal name Wīgfrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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