Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Page was born in November 1776, in Bucksport, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Page, was 34 and her mother, Mary Copp, was 36. She married William Morgan on 17 November 1798, in Bucksport, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1850. She died on 3 June 1848, in Winterport, Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 71.
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- Rachael Morgan in household of William Morgan, "United States Census, 1850"
- Rachel Page, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Rachel in entry for Hannah G Morgan, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
Name Meaning
English and French: occupational or status name for a young servant, Middle English page, paige, Old French page (from Italian paggio, ultimately from Greek paidion, a diminutive of pais ‘boy, child’). The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America, this surname is also a shortened form of the French cognate Lepage .
French Canadian (Pagé): altered form of French Paget , a diminutive of 1. Compare Pashia .
North German: metonymic occupational name for a horse dealer, from Middle Low German page ‘horse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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