When Elisha Brigham was born on 26 July 1779, in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Rev. Benjamin Brigham, was 37 and his mother, Lucy Morse, was 39. He married Susannah Thayer on 29 November 1809, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 21 June 1846, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
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.
English: habitational name from either of two places in East Yorkshire and Cumberland named Brigham, or from Bridgham in Norfolk, all of which are from Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
History: Thomas Brigham (c. 1603–53) came from London to Cambridge, MA, in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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