Brief Life History of Mehitable
When Mehitable Shirtleff was born on 19 May 1792, in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States, her father, Joel Shurtleff, was 25 and her mother, Eunice Scott, was 25. She married Samuel Richardson in 1811, in Compton, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 28 August 1842, in Compton, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 50, and was buried in Compton, Quebec, Canada.
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- Mehittable Shirtliff, "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Mahetabel Shurtleff Richardson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mehitable Shirtleff, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Shircliff .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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