Harriet Billings

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Billings was born about April 1796, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Lemuel Billings, was 39 and her mother, Priscilla Look, was 40. She married Truman Cary from January 1817 to December 1817, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.

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Truman Cary
1792–
Harriet Billings
1796–
Marriage: from January 1817 to December 1817

Sources (3)

  • The record of births, marriages and deaths and intentions of marriage, in the town of Stoughton from 1727 to 1800, and in the town of Canton from 1797-1845, preceded by the records of the South precinct of Dorchester, from 1715 to 1727:; ark:/61903/3:1...
  • Harriet Billings, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Harriet Billings - birth: about April 1796; Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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 (Midlands): variant of Billing , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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