When Sylvester Chadwick was born on 29 April 1798, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States, his father, Amos Chadwick, was 27 and his mother, Lusina Richmond, was 24. He married Sally Marsh before 1821, in Franklin, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Swanton, Franklin, Vermont, United States for about 10 years and Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 17 July 1875, in Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Missisquoi Valley Cemetery, Sheldon, Franklin, Vermont, 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.
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of various places called Chadwick, in Lancashire, Warwickshire, and two in Worcestershire. One of the places in Worcestershire and the one in Warwickshire are named as ‘the dairy farm (Old English wīc) of Ceadel’. The other place in Worcestershire and the one in Lancashire are named as ‘Ceadda's dairy farm’. Ceadda was the name of a famous Anglo-Saxon bishop, Saint Chad. In Lancashire there was probably some confusion with another Lancashire name, Chaddock .
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