Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Cone was born on 6 September 1784, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Sylvanus Cone, was 50 and her mother, Hannah Ackley, was 42. She married William Hall on 6 December 1803, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 25 October 1853, in New York, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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- Martha Cone Hall, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Martha Hall in entry for Oliver Dean, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Martha Cone Hall, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Irish (Roscommon): possibly a shortened form of McCone .
English (Suffolk): from Middle English coin, cone ‘wedge, corner’; the reasons for its adoption as a surname are unclear.
Americanized form of North German Kohn or Köhn, or Kuhn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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