Mary Ladd Majors

Brief Life History of Mary Ladd

When Mary Ladd Majors was born on 8 September 1784, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Rev. Robert Howell Majors Sr, was 23 and her mother, Huldah Ladd, was 22. She married Joel H Goode about 1800, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died before 1840, in Madison, Alabama, United States.

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Joel H Goode
1776–1844
Mary Ladd Majors
1784–1840
Marriage: about 1800
Mahulda Ladd Goode
1802–1880
Dicie Goode
1803–
Susanna Goode
1805–
Cynthia M Goode
1807–
Richard Newton Goode
1812–1873
Robert Goode
1818–
Sarah G Goode
1822–1884
Ann W Goode
1808–
Noble Major Goode
1814–1873
Bertrand Lafayette Goode
1816–1880
Mary J Goode
1827–1914

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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.

    1789 · Becomes 12th State

    On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

    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: variant of Major , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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