Brief Life History of Jennet
When Jennet Large was born on 31 July 1825, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, William Large, was 29 and her mother, Jannett Frame, was 25. She married James Still on 28 March 1844, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Mono Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada in 1861 and Cardwell, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 15 April 1873, in Arthur Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 47, and was buried in Dufferin, Ontario, Canada.
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- Jenet Still, "Ontario Census, 1861"
- Jennet Large, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Jannett Large, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"
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World Events (5)
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname (literal or ironic) Middle English, Old French large meaning ‘generous, lavish; ample, big, broad’. The English word came to acquire its modern sense only gradually during the Middle Ages; it is used to mean ‘ample in quantity’ in the 13th century, and the sense ‘broad’ first occurs in the 14th. This use is probably too late for the surname to have originated as a nickname for a fat man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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