Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Benson was born about 1792, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States, his father, George Benson, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Manter, was 26. He married Hannah Vincent on 27 April 1822, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 7 August 1826, at the age of 35.
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- Thomas Benson, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Thomas Benson, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Thomas Benson, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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