Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Norton was born on 12 August 1778, in Vermont, United States, her father, Solomon Norton, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Rexford, was 21. She married William Aaron Webster in April 1796. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 18 August 1823, in Auburn Hills, Oakland, Michigan, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Auburn Hills, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
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- Sarah Norton Webster, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Norton in entry for Aaron W. Webster and Etta Gale, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Sarah Norton in entry for Geo. B. Webster, "Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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