Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Handy was born about 1787, in Coventry Parish Church, Somerset, Maryland, United States, her father, Ebenezer Handy, was 42 and her mother, Nutter, was 36. She married Peregrine Leatherbury in May 1807, in Salisbury, Wicomico, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 18 February 1842, in Hawthorne, Adams, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Natchez City Cemetery, Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States.
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- Betsy Handy, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
- Elizabeth Parsons in entry for James J. Rowan, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Elizabeth in entry for James Hamilton Rowan, "United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931"
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World Events (8)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1798 · Mississippi is Organized as an American Territory
The �Mississippi territory existed from April 7, 1798, to December 10, 1817, when the western half became the state of Mississippi and the eastern half became Alabama Territory. The territory was given up by Spain through the Treaty of Madrid.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English hondi ‘skillful with one's hands, dextrous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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