Brief Life History of Amy Emma
When Amy Emma Sawyer was born on 25 April 1799, in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thomas Ezra Sawyer, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Houghton, was 30. She married John Derby Pratt on 3 June 1823, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 November 1853, in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Amy Sawyer, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Emma Sawyer, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Emma S. Pratt, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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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.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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