When Betsey Stark was born about 1794, in New Hampshire, United States, her father, Robert Stark, was 29 and her mother, Mary Polly Ayer, was 21. She married John Armington on 16 January 1821, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 1 February 1843, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.
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The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: nickname from Middle English stark ‘strong, sturdy; harsh, severe’ (Old English stearc).
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), German stark ‘strong, brave’.
Czech and Slovak (Štark): of German origin (see 2 above).
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