Brief Life History of Winnifred
When Winnifred Jernigan was born in 1818, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Howell, was 38 and her mother, Nancy Boyett, was 28. She married Stephen Lewis Pate about 1839, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died in 1858, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 40.
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- Winniford Pate in household of Stephen Pate, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Winniford Jernigan - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Winniford Jernigan
- Winnie Pate in entry for Wiley Barnett and Patsy A Pate, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): of uncertain origin. Reaney believes it to be of Breton origin, probably identical with the Old Breton personal name Iarnuuocon ‘iron famous’, taken to East Anglia by Bretons at the time of the Norman Conquest. Compare Journigan .
History: Thomas Jernigan was granted land at Somerton, VA, in 1668. Many of his descendants were sea captains. His son, also called Thomas, settled on Martha's Vineyard, MA, in 1712.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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