Brief Life History of James
When James Harvey was born on 13 December 1792, in Hampshire, Virginia, United States, his father, William Richard Harvey Jr., was 48 and his mother, Margaret Bell, was 41. He married Mary Ann Billingsley on 3 December 1822, in Licking, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 11 daughters. He died on 19 October 1859, in Groveland, Tazewell, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Washington Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: James Harvey - birth-name: James Harvey
- James Harvey, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- James Harvey, "Find A Grave Index"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French and Middle English personal name Hervei, also found as Herveu, Hervé, and Hervi. The name Herveu or Herv(e)i was borne by a number of Bretons at the Norman Conquest and, as such, represents a French form of the Old Breton name Hoiearnviu or Hærviu (see Herve ). Among Normans Herve(i) or Herv(e)i was also a French form of ancient Germanic Hariwic, Herewic (from hari ‘army’ + wīg ‘war’), with intervocalic /w/ becoming /v/ in Old French. The Breton and ancient Germanic names were commonly Latinized as Herve(i)us and Hervic(i)us respectively but, since their most common vernacular forms in Old French were indistinguishable, the Latin forms were also sometimes interchangeable, especially Herveus.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirmheadhaigh ‘descendant of Airmheadhach’, a personal name probably meaning ‘esteemed’. It seems to be a derivative of Airmheadh, the name borne by a mythological physician.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchaidh ‘descendant of Earchadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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