Brief Life History of Roxanna
When Roxanna Shattuck was born on 1 March 1778, in North East Village, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Timothy Shattuck, was 27 and her mother, Deborah Barnes, was 31. She married Jesse Grant on 16 December 1795, in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 28 July 1860, in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, United States.
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- Roxanna Grant, "BillionGraves Index"
- <Unknown> in entry for William Granly Grant, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
- Roxanna Shattuck Grant, "Find A Grave Index"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1798
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire):
perhaps from the Middle English personal name Sad(d)oc, of uncertain origin. The Old Testament name Zadok is formally possible (Greek Sadōk, from Hebrew zedek ‘justice’). Since it was the name of the high priest who anointed Solomon (1 Kings 1: 45), it may have been adopted as a baptismal name by clerical families in medieval Europe, but no evidence has been found for this.
perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place called in Middle English as Shadok or Shatok, either from an unrecorded Old English scēaduc ‘little boundary’, or from one of two Old English compounds scēad + āc ‘boundary oak’ or scēat + āc ‘corner oak’. A name of this type + Old English hyrst ‘wooded hill’ is possibly attested in the Kent placename Shadoxhurst, recorded in the 13th century as Shattokeshurst, though the first element might alternatively be the personal name in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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