When Albert Swim Weeks was born on 2 October 1809, in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Richard Weeks, was 39 and his mother, Nancy Swim, was 37. He married Jane Emily Burnett on 4 July 1839, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Dutchess, New York, United States in 1870 and Glenham, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 7 August 1888, in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in LaGrange Rural Cemetery, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
English: variant of Wicks .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Swedish Vik .
History: This surname was brought to North America independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest on record is Leonard Weeks, who emigrated from Somerset, England, to Portsmouth, NH, some time before 1656. — William Weeks, recorded in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA, from 1653 onward, was probably a cousin or other relative of the John Wickes mentioned at Wickes .
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