When Price French was born on 20 November 1777, in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, John French, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Beardslee, was 25. He married Ophelia Clark on 24 March 1801, in Huntington, Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Rockport Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died in 1858, in Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
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.
English:
ethnic name for someone from France, from Middle English frensh, frenche ‘French’ (Old English frencisc), or in some cases, perhaps a nickname for someone who adopted French airs.
variant of Anglo-Norman French Frain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSee pp 58-66 for a very interesting account of Collins' own family and then his life with Rosetta (including a picture of the two of them, though in the copy of the book I saw it was a very poor repro …
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