Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Nettleton was born on 26 October 1778, in New York, United States, her father, Daniel Nettleton, was 38 and her mother, Phebe Hamlin, was 34. She married Amos Nettleton Jr. about 1808, in Upper Canada, British North America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Montague Township, Lanark, Upper Canada, British North America in 1802. She died on 28 June 1852, in Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Canada West, British North America, at the age of 73, and was buried in Maynard Cemetery, Augusta Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
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- Mary Nettleton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Candian Upper Land Petitions C-2236
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World Events (8)
1791
Upper Canada 1792 divides Ontario into 19 counties. On September 17 the first Parliament of Upper Canada assembled.
1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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 (Yorkshire): habitational name from Nettleton in Longwood, Yorkshire, Nettleton in Lincolnshire, or possibly Nettleton in Wiltshire. The placename derives from Old English netel(e) ‘nettle’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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