Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Risley was born on 29 June 1795, in Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, her father, Morris Risley, was 50 and her mother, Jemima Lake, was 56. She married James Adams on 3 March 1811, in Gloucester, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She died on 16 February 1870, in Bargaintown, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Jemima Risley - Government record: birth-name: Jemima Risley
- Jemima Rioley, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Web: New Jersey, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2011
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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.
1804
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.
1817
Historical Boundaries: 1817: Gloucester, New Jersey, United STates 1837: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Risley in Winwick (Lancashire), Risley (Derbyshire), Riseley (Bedfordshire), or Riseley Farm in Swallowfield (Berkshire). The placenames derive from Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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