Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Sears Jr. was born on 5 April 1787, in Blackwater, Lee, Virginia, United States, his father, John Sears Sr, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Peebles, was 45. He married Anna Doudna on 14 March 1810, in Stillwater MM, Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 12 July 1863, in Barnesville, Warren Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Stillwater Cemetery, Warren Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States.
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- Peter Sears, "Find A Grave Index"
- Peter Sears in entry for John Sears and Phebe Grimshaw, "Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008"
- Peter Sears in entry for David Sears, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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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.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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