Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Williams was born on 28 June 1807, in Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States, her father, Richard Williams, was 30 and her mother, Thankful Morrison, was 24. She married John T Gwinn in 1829, in Monroe, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Carroll, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Burlington, Carroll, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 20 January 1892, in Burlington Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Burlington Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States.
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- Margret Gwinn in household of John T Gwinn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Margaret Williams, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Margaret Gwinn, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1828
Historical Boundaries: 1828: Carroll, Indiana, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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