Brief Life History of Sylvanus
When Sylvanus Porter was born on 11 October 1783, in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Nehemiah Porter, was 26 and his mother, Joanna Barber, was 19. He married Sylvia Bartlett on 22 June 1809, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 22 October 1816, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Sylvanus? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Sylvenus Porter, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Sylvanus Porter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sylvanus Porter, "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
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.
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.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .
English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.