When Joseph Barron was born on 12 July 1787, in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Barron, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Benjamin, was 34. He married Rachel Quint on 9 April 1812, in Anson, Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 17 September 1865, in Embden, Somerset, Maine, United States, at the age of 78.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Manuel, Francisco, Carlos, Miguel, Raul, Pedro, Ruben, Alfredo, Luis.
Scottish: status name from Scots baron, which in the Highlands denoted a small proprietary landholder. In Angus it alluded specifically to a tenant of one of the small baronies attached to the Abbey of Coupar Angus. The surname was taken by Scottish migrants to Ulster. Compare Baron .
Scottish: shortened form of McBarron, from Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Bharain ‘son of the baron’. See Baron and 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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