Brief Life History of Eliza Ann
When Eliza Ann Hewitt was born about 1828, in New York, United States, her father, Ephraim Hewitt, was 32 and her mother, Minerva Read, was 27. She married Nathaniel Persons on 1 April 1847. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in The Crossroads, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1850 and Ripley, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 4 January 1921, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States.
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- Eliza Persons in household of Nathaniel Persons, "United States Census, 1860"
- Eliza A Dirsou?, "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
- Chautauqua wills image 479
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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.
1833
Incorporated in 1833.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Wabasha, Minnesota Territory, United States 1854: Minnesota Territory, United States 1855: Olmsted, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Olmsted, Minnesota, United States
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hewet, Huet, Hughet, Howet, pet forms of Hugh (Middle English Hewe, Hue; see Hugh and compare Hew ). The spelling Hughet stood for both Huet and the synonymous Huget; see Huggett . This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
habitational name from Hewitts in Chelsfield or Hewitts in Willesborough (both Kent), both named from Old English hīewett ‘cutting’, denoting a place where trees had been cut down. Here there lived families called de la Hewatte (1270), de la hewett (1301), and atte Hewete (1338). The name may also be topographic for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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