Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Northrup was born on 28 April 1820, in Monroe Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Northrop, was 49 and his mother, Aletha or Althea Talladay, was 46. He married Caroline Comstock on 22 April 1842, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 20 August 1899, in Monroeton, Monroe, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Benjamin Northrop, "United States Census, 1870"
- Benjamin Northrup, "Find A Grave Index"
- Benjamin Northrup in entry for Alonzo S. Mowry and Irene Northrup, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (7)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Huntingdonshire): habitational name from one or more of the numerous places called Northorpe, such as Northorpe in Mirfield (Yorkshire), Northorpe in Halton Holegate, Northorpe near Scotton, and Northorpe in Thurlby near Bourne (all in Lincolnshire), Northorpe in Hornsea and a lost Northorpe in Easington near Patrington (both in the East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English or Old Norse north ‘north, northern’ + Old English or Old Norse thorp ‘secondary settlement, dependent farmstead’. This surname is now rare in Britain, Northrop being the more common form.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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