Brief Life History of Sophonia
When Sophonia Wolcott was born on 20 August 1794, in Windham, Connecticut, United States, her father, Timothy Walcott, was 25 and her mother, Sally Preston, was 26. She married Issac Burlingame on 8 May 1814, in Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 18 December 1871, in Norwich Township, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Norwich Cemetery, Colegrove, Norwich Township, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Sophronia Burlingame in household of Russel Carter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sophronia Walcott Burlingame, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sophronia Burlingame in household of Horace Colegrove, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1804
Historical Boundaries: 1804: McKean, Pennsylvania, United States
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Surrey): habitational name from Wollacott in Thrushelton (Devon), named from the Old English personal name Wulfnōth + cot ‘cottage, hut, shelter’. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
History: Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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