Brief Life History of Harvey
When Harvey Adams was born on 14 December 1799, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Captain Gideon H. Adams, was 45 and his mother, Rhoda Hanchett, was 44. He had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Deborah Field. He lived in Hastings, Hastings, Oswego, New York, United States in 1850 and Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States in 1860. He died on 20 November 1872, in Central Square, Oswego, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
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- Harvey Adams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Harvey Adams, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Harvey Adams in entry for Helen L Goodspeed, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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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.
1805
The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.
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, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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