Brief Life History of Uriah
When Uriah Terry was born about 1789, in Terry Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jonathan Terry, was 32 and his mother, Abigail Terry, was 33. He died on 22 August 1823, at the age of 35, and was buried in Terrytown, Terry Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Bradford county families - 1770-1900 - children and marriages
- Uriah Terry, "Find A Grave Index"
- Uriah Terry, Bradford. Dockets 1812–1882, Dockets 1812–1860, Probate Indexes 1812–1882
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World Events (8)
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1791 · Whiskey Rebellion Occurs
The Whiskey Rebellion was a protest against taxes on whiskey by farmers and distillers. People were tarred and feathered. They attacked Bower Hill and headed towards Pittsburgh. The militia was sent in to try and stop it. It finally ended with a repeal of the tax.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), a short form of Theodoric, which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power(ful), rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork, Ireland, since the 13th century.
Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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