Brief Life History of Achsah
When Achsah Dunn was born on 12 August 1781, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Henry Dunn, was 38 and her mother, Lydia Parker, was 34. She married Amos Williams on 24 September 1805, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 8 April 1823, in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 41.
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- Achsah Dunn, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
- Achsah in entry for Henry Williams, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne . This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown .
English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man, from Middle English dun ‘dun, dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’).
Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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