Brief Life History of Hollis
When Hollis Newton was born on 20 April 1798, in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Obadiah Newton, was 33 and his mother, Rebecca Graves, was 30. He married Deborah Beebe about 1824, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Liverpool Township, Medina, Ohio, United States for about 30 years and Ohio, United States in 1870. He died in 1877, in Medina, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Beebetown Cemetery, Beebetown, Liverpool Township, Medina, Ohio, United States.
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- Horace Newton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hollis Newton, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Hollis Newton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
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
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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