Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Admire was born in 1762, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, her father, George Admire Sr, was 37 and her mother, Maria Margaretha Kuhn, was 33. She married William Bailey Williams in 1780. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1804, in Henry, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 42.
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Sources (3)
- Salley Williams in entry for Samuel Williams and Jane Williams, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Will George Admire Sr.
- Bailey Williams Kentucky Probate Records, Henry Co Kentucky Vol 2 Pg 175
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World Events (6)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of an unidentified German surname, possibly South German or Austrian Ettmayer or Edmaier, which is a topographic name for a farmer living near or on previously uncultivated land, from the noun Ed ‘uncultivated land’ + mayer, meyer ‘farmer’; see Meyer . Alternatively, it may be an Americanized form of North German Erdmeier, literally ‘earth farmer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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