Brief Life History of William
When William Mann was born about 1769, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, his father, Alley Mann Mann, was 22 and his mother, Alice, was 22. He married Elizabeth Williams on 20 August 1794, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1825, in Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 57.
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- William Mann, "United States Census, 1820"
- William Mana, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- William Mann, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
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, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
English and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno, found in Old English as Mann or Manna. This originated either as a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing the element man ‘man’, such as Hermann .
English: habitational name from the Isle of Man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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