When Nancy Partridge was born on 23 August 1805, in Vermont, United States, her father, Amos Partridge, was 28 and her mother, Zerviah Bliss, was 25. She married Seymour Woodon about July 1826. She died on 13 December 1867, at the age of 62, and was buried in Granville Township, Licking, Ohio, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English: from Middle English partriche, pertriche, partrige, partrick, patrich ‘partridge’ (Old French pertriz, Anglo-Norman French partriz), either a metonymic occupational name for a hunter of the bird or a nickname for someone with some fancied resemblance to it. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 17th century. In North America, this surname has probably absorbed some cases of other European surnames with the same meaning, e.g. Italian Pernice .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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