Brief Life History of Jemima
Jemima Timmons was born in 1750, in Virginia, United States as the daughter of Thomas Timmons. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with George Hughes. She died in 1850, at the age of 100.
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Toimín ‘son of Toimín’, a pet form of Tomás, Gaelic form of Thomas .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tiomáin ‘descendant of Tiomán’, a personal name from a diminutive of tiom ‘pliant, soft’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tiománaigh (see Timoney ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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