Brief Life History of George Brightman
When George Brightman Richmond was born on 8 April 1774, in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Perez Richmond, was 33 and his mother, Hannah Brightman, was 22. He married Lucille Caldwell Woodruff in January 1808, in Aurora, Ledyard, Cayuga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Livonia, Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 17 June 1855, in Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States.
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- Brighton Richmond, "United States Census, 1850"
- Brightman Richmond, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- George Brightman Richmond, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
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.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Richmond (North Yorkshire). The placename was probably transferred after the Norman Conquest from any of numerous places in France named with Old French riche ‘mighty, strong’ + munt, mont ‘mountain, hill’. Richmond in southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.
occasionally a variant of Richman , with excrescent -d. The two names were probably often confused.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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The Livonia Gazette Livonia, Livingston County, New York. Thursday, July 4, 1940
Livingston and its neighboring counties were settled by New Englanders mostly. The majority of these pioneers came from Connecticut and Massachusetts, but there were also a good many people who came f …
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