When Susannah Overstreet was born on 6 December 1795, in Fayette, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Overstreet, was 59 and her mother, Nancy Davis, was 35. She married Fielding Davis on 23 March 1812, in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 4 October 1853, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 57.
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In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
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.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Probably an altered form of Flemish Overstraete: topographic name for someone who lived ‘on the other side of the street’, or a habitational name from a place so named. This surname was brought to North America from England.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Oberstrass: topographic name from a field so named, in particular one near Wermelskirchen in Rhineland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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