Brief Life History of Pamelia
When Pamelia Burgess was born in 1810, in Williamsburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Burgess, was 47 and her mother, Margaret Dick, was 42. She married Jesse Mulica on 2 September 1831, in Jefferson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 10 February 1893, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Magnolia, Queensland, Australia.
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- Milly Bargess, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Pamella Burgess, "South Carolina, Charleston City Death Records, 1821-1926"
- Jesse Muleca, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1810
Governor Lachlan Macquarie takes office. Ellis Bent becomes the Colony's third deputy judge advocate.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .
Americanized form of French Bourgeois .
History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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