When Edmund P Norcross was born on 2 February 1827, in Cabot, Washington, Vermont, United States, his father, James Richmond Norcross, was 24 and his mother, Eleanor Blanchard, was 25. He married Sarah J Dermott in 1854, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 15 July 1899, in East Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in East Montpelier, Washington, Vermont, United States.
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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.
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Norcross in Carleton, Lancashire. The placename derives from Middle English north ‘northern, north’ + cros ‘cross’ (Old English north, Old Norse kross, late Old English cros).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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