Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Greenwood was born on 18 April 1786, in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonathan Greenwood Sr., was 30 and his mother, Sibbel Holbrook, was 25. He married Phebe Temple on 27 May 1807, in Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 24 October 1846, at the age of 60, and was buried in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Jonathan Greenwood, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Jonathan Greenwood, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Jonathan Greenwood, "Find A Grave Index"
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Greenwood Lee in Heptonstall (Yorkshire), from Middle English grene ‘green’ + wode ‘wood’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünholz, an ornamental compound of German grün ‘green’ + Holz ‘wood’, and probably also of the same German surname.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Grünwald (see Grunwald ), and of French Boisvert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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