Brief Life History of Agnes "Nancy"
When Agnes "Nancy" Merrill was born on 29 July 1773, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, Jedediah Merrill, was 34 and her mother, Martha Lucas, was 31. She married Joseph Beeman Jr. on 9 February 1792, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 14 April 1852, in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
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- Agnes Merrill, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Legacy NFS Source: Agnes (Nancy) Merrill - death:
- Nancy Beeman in entry for Polly Beeman, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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