Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Northen was born on 23 August 1750, in Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United States, his father, William Northen, was 31 and his mother, Abigail Minty, was 31. He married Jenny Alderson in January 1774, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 September 1811, in Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Richmond Courthouse, Richmond County, Virginia, United States.
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- Peter Northern in the Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
- Peter Northen, "Find A Grave Index"
- Peter Northen in entry for James Northen, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Northern and Northend, the latter being derived from a lost place called Northend in Southowram (Yorkshire), or from one or more of the various places similarly named elsewhere, such as North End in Silsden (Yorkshire), Northend in Turville (Buckinghamshire), Northend in Ashwater (Devon), and Northend in Burton Dassett (Warwickshire). The placenames are derived from Middle English north ‘north, northern’ + ende ‘end, end of an estate, outlying part, outskirts’ (Old English north, ende).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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