Brief Life History of Mary “Polly” Norcross
When Mary “Polly” Norcross Patch was born on 3 February 1794, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Patch, was 27 and her mother, Ruth Norcross, was 22. She married John Peckam Smith on 27 March 1815, in Sand Lake, Rensselaer, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Wisconsin, United States in 1870 and Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States in 1880. She died in 1885, at the age of 91.
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- Polly Smith in household of Jacob S D Frazer, "United States Census, 1850"
- Patchen in entry for Melissa E Butler, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
- Polly Smith in household of John P Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
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.
1805
The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.
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: variant of Pask .
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Pač (see Pac 2).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Petsch , Pätsch (see Patsch 1) or Patsch 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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