Brief Life History of Charles Barber
When Charles Barber Porter was born on 10 June 1794, in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Nehemiah Porter, was 37 and his mother, Joanna Barber, was 30. He married Rachel Lufkin Hamilton on 21 January 1817, in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Paris, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States for about 40 years and Paris, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1860. He died on 3 April 1861, in South Paris, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Paris, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Charles Porter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Charles Porter, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Charles Porter, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
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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
Historical Boundaries: 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
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Charles Porter Moves to Paris Maine (from the family history of Margaret Stevens Allen
John Porter; brother of Charles, went to Paris Maine in 1813 where he worked for Jarius Shaw on the ridge about a half mile east of the Porter Farms. While working there he got his eye on this land s …
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