Brief Life History of Sally
When Sally Ensign was born on 13 May 1809, in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Isaiah Ensign, was 35 and her mother, Eunice Vining, was 32. She married Evin McKinstrey about 1828, in Nelson, Madison, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 2 July 1848, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Calhoun, Michigan, United States.
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- Unknown in entry for Henry Harris Mc Kinstry, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: of uncertain etymology. From the 16th to the 19th century, the English vocabulary word ensign denoted a junior rank of infantry officer, which may be the source of the surname.
History: James Ensign (known as ‘the Puritan’) was born in Chilham, Kent,England, in 1606 and came to Hartford, CT, before 1644.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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