Brief Life History of Damaris
When Damaris Upham was born on 29 October 1781, in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Upham, was 47 and her mother, Damaris Wilder, was 35. She married Amos Morse on 14 February 1804, in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Demarias Upham, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Damaris Upham, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Damana Upham, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): habitational name from Upham Farm in Farringdon (Devon), Upham in Aldbourne (Wiltshire), or Upham (Hampshire), from Old English upp ‘upper’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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