When Henry Phillip Lancaster was born in 1795, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, his father, Capt John Lancaster, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Miles, was 22. He married Catherine Hagan on 24 April 1824, in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Loretto, Marion, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 3 January 1881, in Marion, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Saint Charles Cemetery, Saint Mary, Marion, Kentucky, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries - 1812: Washington, Kentucky, United States; 1834: Marion, Kentucky, United States
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
English: habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England, which is recorded as Loncastre in 1086. The place takes its name from the river Lune + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’ (from Latin castra ‘legionary camp’). The river name is probably British, perhaps related to Gaelic slán ‘healthy’, ‘salubrious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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