Brief Life History of Asa L
When Asa L Drew was born in 1795, in Acton, York, Maine, United States, his father, Benjamin Drew ll, was 46 and his mother, Mehitable Nancy SAVAGE, was 44. He married Mary "Polly" Ricker on 14 October 1816, in Shapleigh, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1870, in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Asa Drew in household of George W Drew, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Asa Benjamin Drew - Published information: birth-name: Asa Benjamin Drew
- Asa Drew, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
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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.
1804 · Whitehead Light
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
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 (of Norman origin): from a Norman French personal name Dreus based on ancient Germanic Drogo, the name of one of the sons of Charlemagne (compare Gothic driugan ‘to serve as a soldier’). In Old French this name became Dreus, Drues (nominative) and Dru, Driu, Dreu (accusative) and was introduced to England by the Normans. For further information about this name, see also Montague .
English: from the personal name Drew, a pet form of Andrew which was confused with the same name of Old French origin (see 1 above).
Irish: when not an adoption of the English surname, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh or Ó Druaidh or Ó Draoi ‘son’ and ‘descendant of the druid’, from draoi ‘druid’, genitive druadh or draoi. All of these were often Anglicized as Drury .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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