When Dr. Robert Harrison Sears Sr. was born on 1 December 1798, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, his father, John Manley Sears , Sr., was 34 and his mother, Ann McNabb, was 22. He married Mary Anne Allen on 13 November 1827, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died on 13 September 1892, in Flint Hill, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Flint Hill, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States.
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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.
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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