Elizabeth Ham

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Ham was born in 1784, in Berkeley, West Virginia, United States, her father, Jacob B Ham, was 25 and her mother, Maria Catherine Keim, was 25. She married Frederick Hendricks Sr. on 21 January 1802, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died in 1851, in Hendricksville, Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Hendricksville, Beech Creek Township, Greene, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Hendricks Sr.
1778–1851
Elizabeth Ham
1784–1851
Marriage: 21 January 1802
Jacob Frederick Hendricks
1803–1855
Mary Catherine Martha Hendricks
1804–1880
Margaret Martha Hendricks
1805–1852
Peter John Hendricks
1807–
Elizabeth Ann Hendricks
1810–1866
Samuel Hendricks
1812–1898
Lucinda A. Hendricks
1813–1888
Moses Hendricks
1814–1877
David Hendricks
1816–1888
Drucilla Hendricks
1818–1855
Frederick Hendricks Jr.
1819–1901
John W. Hendricks Sr.
1820–1896
Phllip Thomas Hendricks
1823–1903

Sources (4)

  • Elisabeth Hendrix in household of Fredrick Hendrix, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Eliza Heim, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Elizabeth (Hamm) Hendrix on WikiTree

World Events (8)

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.

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.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Korean Young, Ok, Nam, Chul, Eun Hee, Eun Young, Hae Jung, Il Hwa.

English (mainly southwestern) and German: variant of Hamm .

Dutch: topographic name from ham ‘land in a river bend’, ‘enclosed meadow’, or a habitational name from any of several country houses and places called De(n) Ham. Compare Van Ham and Vanderham .

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

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