Levina Bailey

Brief Life History of Levina

When Levina Bailey was born on 18 July 1790, in Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Silas Bailey Jr, was 33 and her mother, Levinah Holoway Bartlett, was 32. She married Martin Houghton on 20 April 1824, in Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.

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Martin Houghton
1779–1883
Levina Bailey
1790–
Marriage: 20 April 1824
Lewis Bailey Houghton
1825–1864
Charles Samuel Houghton
1828–1891

Sources (14)

  • Levina Bailey, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Miss Levina Bailey, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Levina Bailey, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

World Events (8)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1791 · The Bill of Rights

After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

Name Meaning

English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).

English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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