Lewis Mulford

Male15 January 1784–10 October 1841

Brief Life History of Lewis

When Lewis Mulford was born on 15 January 1784, in Salem, New Jersey, United States, his father, Furman Mulford, was 27 and his mother, Rhoda Johnson, was 26. He married Mary Fox on 27 February 1806, in Salem, New Jersey, United States. He died on 10 October 1841, in Port Elizabeth, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Maurice River Friends Quaker Burial Ground, Port Elizabeth, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Mulford
1784–1841
Rachel Buzby
1791–1826
Marriage: 1 August 1810
Rhoda Mulford
1812–1853
Isaac Buzby Mulford
1813–1895
Lewis Mulford
1816–1885
Mary B Mulford
1818–1895
Tamson Elwell Mulford
1820–1892
Furman Lawrence Mulford
1822–1881
Nathaniel B Mulford
1826–1826

Sources (28)

  • Lewis Mulford, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • Lewis Mulford, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Lewis Mulford in entry for Anna Lloyd, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 August 1810Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States
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    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 2

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    1787 · New Jersey Plan

    Age 3

    "Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two ""houses"" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested)."

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 16

    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 (Berkshire and Hampshire):

    habitational name from Moulsford (Berkshire). The placename probably derives from the Old English personal name Mūl (genitive Mūles) + Old English ford ‘ford’.

    habitational name from one or more of several places called with Old English myln ‘mill’ + ford ‘ford’, such as Milford in Witley (Surrey), Milford in Laverstock (Wiltshire), or Milford (Hampshire). There may have been some confusion with Milford .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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