When Maria Sutz was born on 1 March 1798, in Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States, her father, Peter Johann Suits, was 40 and her mother, Mary Magdalena Froelich, was 26.
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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.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
German, Swiss German, and French: from a short form or pet form of Ludwig . Compare Lutes and Lutts .
South German (Lütz): from a short form of the personal name Luizo, Liuzo, derived from an ancient Germanic name formed with liut- ‘people’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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