When Thankful Fairchild was born on 21 October 1784, in New York, United States, her father, Jonathan Fairchild, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Rich, was 34. She married Jabez De Wolf in 1810, in Greene, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 13 August 1864, in her hometown, at the age of 79, and was buried in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States.
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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.
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English (southern): nickname from Middle English fair child ‘handsome child’ or ‘handsome youth of noble birth’ (see Child ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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