Brief Life History of Nathan
When Nathan Peet was born on 5 August 1783, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Nathan Peat, was 37 and his mother, Hepsibah Camp, was 38. He married Anna Higgins on 7 April 1804, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 13 September 1857, in his hometown, at the age of 74, and was buried in Center Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Nathan, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Nathan Peet in entry for Jerusha Maxfield, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Nathan Peet, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): from a pet form of the personal name Peter .
Dutch: relationship name or nickname from Middle Dutch pete ‘godfather, godmother’, or ‘godchild’.
Altered form of French Pitre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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