Brief Life History of Nelson
When Nelson Porter was born on 2 October 1803, in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Asa Porter, was 20 and his mother, Martha Williams, was 31. He married Martha Bigelow on 26 March 1829, in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Huntington, Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1883. He died on 10 October 1883, in Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Norwich, Huntington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Nelson Porter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Nelson Porter, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Nelson Porter, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1804 · The Twelfth Amendment
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .
English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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