Henrietta Classe was born in 1822, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States as the daughter of Samuel Mount and Elizabeth Clahossey. She married Samuel Carr Fenton on 2 April 1836, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey, United States in 1850 and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 8 October 1869, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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"Corfield vs Coryell was a significant federal court case that upheld New Jersey's existing regulation, which prohibited any non-residents from gathering clams and oysters. The case was decided by Justice Bushrod Washington of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Justice Washington primarily referenced the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment, regarding ""privileges and immunities"" to arrive at his decision."
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.
A strike involving more than 2,000 workers from 20 textile mills in Paterson, New Jersey. Many of those involved were children, Irish, or both. The primary goal of the strike was to reduce the daily working hours from 13.5 to 11. Employers refused to negotiate, but the strike ended with a declaration that the workdays would now be 12 hours during the week and 9 hours on Saturdays. Paterson employers also blacklisted many of the strike leaders and their families.
Some characteristic forenames: French Herve, Emile, Alban, Aldor, Elzear, Gaston, Germain, Marcel, Napoleon, Normand, Phillippe.
German: variant of Plass 1.
French: variant of Place 1, or a habitational name from a place so called in Loire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesIn Researching the family of Samuel Woodbridge I noticed they lived in N.Y. during the time Henrietta was in and orphanage.The family history records a shipboard romance which left the mother to be ab …
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