Nancy Bemis

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Bemis was born on 12 December 1804, in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Timothy Bemis Jr, was 28 and her mother, Lois Rhodes, was 29. She married Waterman Reynolds on 29 July 1820, in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.

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Family Time Line

Waterman Reynolds
1800–1851
Nancy Bemis
1804–
Marriage: 29 July 1820
Waterman B. Reynolds
1830–
Hiram King Reynolds
1831–1863

Sources (2)

  • Nancy Bemis, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Nancy Bemis, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Irish and English: variant of Beamish .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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