Brief Life History of Betsy
When Betsy Upton was born on 2 February 1811, in Hooksett, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Elijah Upton, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Bancroft, was 29. She married John Langdon Taggart on 29 April 1834, in Bow, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States in 1860. She died on 20 June 1865, at the age of 54.
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- Betsy Taggart in household of John L Taggart, "United States Census, 1860"
- Betsy Upton, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Betsey Upton, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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: habitational name from any of the many places in England called Upton, most of which are named with Old English upp ‘upper’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have different origins, such as one in Essex, originally named with the phrase upp in tūne ‘up in the settlement’, i.e. the higher part of the settlement, and Upton Lovell (Wiltshire), which derives from the Old English personal name Ubba + Old English tūn. This name was brought to Ireland (Antrim) in 1598 by Henry Upton, from Upton in Devon.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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