When Elizabeth " Betsy" Coley was born about 1794, in Ballston, Saratoga, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Coley, was 31 and her mother, Mary Willess, was 26. She married John Johnson in 1806, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Sangamon, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Illinois, United States in 1870.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (Midlands): nickname for a swarthy person, from Middle English coly ‘coaly, coal-black’. The original short vowel is retained in the 16th century colly ‘dirtied with coal and soot’. Alternatively, a variant of Cowley .
Probably an Americanized form of Swiss German Kohli or Kohler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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