Brief Life History of Polly
When Polly Pratt was born on 19 May 1795, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Pratt, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Hempsted, was 24. She married Dyer Shedd on 2 April 1821, in Lowell, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 11 October 1835, in Lowell, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States.
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- Polly Pratt Shed, "Find A Grave Index"
- Daniel Shed Genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Daniel Shed of Braintree, Massachusetts, 1327-1920.
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1798
Historical Boundaries 1798: Oneida, New York, United States
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.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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