When Major Ford was born on 9 March 1805, in Schuyler, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Isaac Ford, was 52 and his mother, Abigail Merry, was 35. He married Lucinda Knibloe Millard about 1828. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Groton, Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 7 September 1881, in Peruville, Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Peruville, Groton, Tompkins, New York, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries 1817: Tompkins, New York, United States
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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