Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Adams was born on 25 August 1819, in Johnstown, Fulton, New York, United States, her father, Chauncy J. Adams, was 19 and her mother, Delilah Brownell, was 28. She married Moses Vannatter on 29 December 1836, in Johnstown, Fulton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Sandusky, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 28 October 1851, in Bettsville, Seneca, Ohio, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Hill Cemetery, Ballville Township, Sandusky, Ohio, United States.
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- Rachel Vannatter in household of Moses Vannatter, "United States Census, 1850"
- Rachel Adams VannAtter, "Índice Find a Grave"
- Rachel Adams in entry for Clarrissa Armena Blue, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
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.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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