When Mary Hickey was born on 11 May 1811, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, her father, Cornelius Hickey, was 38 and her mother, Judah ‘Judy’ Ogg, was 36. She married Duncan McCall on 20 June 1835, in Knox, Tennessee, United States. She died in 1870, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 59.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, James Patrick, Marypat, Aileen, Bridie, Colm, Conn, Conor, Delma, Fergus, Kieran, Liam.
Irish (Tipperary): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÍceadh ‘descendant of Ícidhe’, a common byname meaning ‘doctor, healer’.
English: from a diminutive of Middle English Hick, a pet form of Ricard (see Richard and Hick ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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