When Ann Nancy Headington was born on 25 December 1779, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, William Heddington, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Bosley, was 28. She married William Ensor on 2 March 1800, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 30 September 1841, in her hometown, at the age of 61.
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In 1781, Maryland donated land to be used for part of Washington, D. C.
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.
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 Heddington (Wiltshire) or Headington (Oxfordshire). The Wiltshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hedde + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, while the Oxfordshire placename probably derives from an Old English personal name Hedena + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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