Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Emerson was born on 9 July 1784, in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Oliver Emerson, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Morrison, was 29. She married Stephen A Rogers on 17 June 1807, in Granville, Granville, Washington, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 November 1841, at the age of 57, and was buried in Granville, Granville, Washington, New York, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Anna Emmerson - Individual or family possessions: birth: 9 July 1784; Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
- Anna Emerson Rogers, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna in entry for Asa Joseph Rogers, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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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.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
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: patronymic meaning ‘son of Emery’, or possibly a variant of Emmeson, from the Middle English personal name Emmott + -son, with later shortening of the first element (see Emmett ). See Emery and compare Empson .
History: The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father's side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, c. 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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