When William Close was born on 8 March 1795, in Genoa, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Jabez Close, was 47 and his mother, Abigail Seeley, was 34. He married Chloe Smith about 1819, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 8 October 1842, in Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Venice, Cayuga, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1799: Cayuga, New York, United States
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.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an enclosure of some sort, such as a courtyard set back from the main street or a farmyard, from Middle English clos(e) (Old French clos, from Late Latin clausum, past participle of claudere ‘to close’). Possibly also a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in such a place.
English: from Middle English clos(e) ‘secret’, applied as a nickname for a reserved or secretive person.
Dutch: variant of Cloos .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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