When Susan Amanda Proctor was born on 10 October 1808, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Azariah Proctor, was 26 and her mother, Lucy Hodgman, was 23. She married James Clarke Burgess on 30 April 1833, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in North Lebanon Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and North Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1855. She died on 19 February 1890, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries 1813: Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
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.
English (northern): occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour ‘steward’ (shortened from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator ‘agent’, from procurare ‘to manage’). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.
History: John Proctor (died 1757) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
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