Clarissa Wallace

Brief Life History of Clarissa

When Clarissa Wallace was born in July 1803, in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, William Wallace, was 29 and her mother, Dorothy Currier True, was 26. She married James B Locke on 23 November 1826, in Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. She died on 8 May 1868, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, East Concord, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States.

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James B Locke
1798–1892
Clarissa Wallace
1803–1868
Marriage: 23 November 1826

Sources (7)

  • Clarissa Locke in household of James Locke, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Clarissa Wallace, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Clarissa Locke, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (7)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

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. 

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: variant of Wallis , especially in Scotland, where the name was introduced from the Welsh Marches by a family of tenants of the Stewarts in the 12th century.

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, e.g. Wallach .

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

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