Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Dean was born in 1798, in Patrick, Virginia, United States, her father, William Henry Harrison Dean, was 40 and her mother, Charity Beamer, was 36. She married Enoch Davis on 6 July 1820, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died in 1845, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Nancy H Dean in household of Hiram H Dean, "United States Census, 1860"
- Dean, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Elizabeth Dean in entry for Enoch Davis, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean or Dene from this word.
English: nickname or occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official, the head of a chapter of canons or a church official with jurisdiction over a sub-division of an archdeaconry. Though no doubt some deans had illegitimate children, they were officially celibate, and in the main the surname is probably a nickname in origin, similar to Bishop , Prior , Priest , and Monk . The Middle English word deen, dien, dein, is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, doien from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .
English: from the Middle English personal name Deyne (or Dene) a rhyming pet form of Reynald (see Reginald ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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