Brief Life History of Mary Ricketts
Mary Ricketts Adams was born on 19 November 1822, in Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States as the daughter of Francis P Adams and Mary Ricketts Newton. She married Gardiner Greene on 26 June 1850. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States for about 40 years. She died on 18 July 1906, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Mary R Greene in household of Gardner Greene, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary R. Adams, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Mary R. Greene, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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