Brief Life History of Dorcas
When Dorcas Dennison was born on 6 March 1809, in Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States, her father, George Dennison, was 46 and her mother, Dorcas Soule, was 44. She married Leonard Griffin on 6 March 1853, in Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States. She lived in Maine, United States in 1870. She died in 1889, at the age of 80, and was buried in Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Dorcas Griffin in household of Leonard Griffin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Dorcas Dennison, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Dorcas Dennison, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Denis (see Dennis ) + -son. Compare Tennyson .
English (of Norman origin): from Anglo-Norman French deinzein, a burgess who enjoyed the privileges of those living deinz la cité ‘within the city’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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