Brief Life History of Joshua Prentiss
When Joshua Prentiss Waldo was born on 11 August 1786, in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Edward Waldo, was 44 and his mother, Jerusha Thompson, was 43. He died from 1813 to 1814, in Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Joshua Pantico Waldo, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Joshua Prentis Waldo, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Walthall . Compare Scottish Waldie .
German: habitational name from any of several places in Pomerania and Brandenburg called Waldow. This surname is very rare in Germany.
History: Cornelius Waldo was living in Ipswich, MA, in 1647. Samuel Waldo (1695–1759) was born in Boston and became a land speculator in ME.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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