Sylvania Terry

Brief Life History of Sylvania

When Sylvania Terry was born in 1793, in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Terry Jr., was 36 and her mother, Sarah Ramsdell, was 31. She died on 12 October 1795, at the age of 2.

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Family Time Line

John Terry Jr.
1757–1862
Sarah Ramsdell
1762–1802
John Terry
1783–1846
Sally Terry
1786–1795
Reul Terry
1789–1813
Phebe Terry
1791–1795
Sylvania Terry
1793–1795
Sylvanus Terry
1793–1795
Otis Terry
1796–1887
Terry
1799–1802
Terry
1801–1802

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    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    Name Meaning

    English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), a short form of Theodoric, which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power(ful), rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork, Ireland, since the 13th century.

    Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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