Brief Life History of Dolly
Dolly Andrews was born about 1754, in Stillwater, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States. She married Jacob Bidwell about 1787, in Ballston, Saratoga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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- Dolly Bidwell in entry for Hirman Bidwell, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Dolly Bidwell in entry for Hinman Bidwell, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
- Dolly Bidwell in entry for Hinman Bidwell, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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