Brief Life History of James B
When James B Northrup was born in July 1806, in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abijah Northrup, was 42 and his mother, Sylvia Sparks, was 22. He married Ruth Northrop about 1847. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Albany Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 20 December 1897, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Cole Cemetery, Snedekerville, Columbia Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James Northrop in household of George M Northrop, "United States Census, 1880"
- James B Northrup, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Northrop in entry for Mell Northrop and Ellie Moore, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, Pennsylvania, United States 1812: Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
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 (Huntingdonshire): habitational name from one or more of the numerous places called Northorpe, such as Northorpe in Mirfield (Yorkshire), Northorpe in Halton Holegate, Northorpe near Scotton, and Northorpe in Thurlby near Bourne (all in Lincolnshire), Northorpe in Hornsea and a lost Northorpe in Easington near Patrington (both in the East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English or Old Norse north ‘north, northern’ + Old English or Old Norse thorp ‘secondary settlement, dependent farmstead’. This surname is now rare in Britain, Northrop being the more common form.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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