Brief Life History of Benjamin Chase
When Benjamin Chase Stanwood was born on 22 September 1787, in Merepoint, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Captain William Stanwood, was 43 and his mother, Hannah Chase, was 19. He married Sarah "Sally" Skolfield on 20 March 1810, in Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1840 and Harrington, Washington, Maine, United States in 1840. He died on 7 June 1863, in Milbridge, Washington, Maine, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wyman Village Cemetery, Milbridge, Washington, Maine, United States.
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- Benjamin Stanwood, "United States Census, 1860"
- Benjamin Stanwood, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Benjamin Stanwood, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1790
Historical Boundaries: 1790: Washington, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Washington, Maine, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English
variant of Stanworth, a habitational name from Stanworth in Leyland (Lancashire). The placename derives from Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + worth ‘enclosure’.
perhaps a variant of Stannard , with the final syllable re-interpreted as casual pronunciation of -wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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