Brief Life History of Elisha
When Elisha Oviatt Junior was born on 19 July 1789, in Meridian, Cato, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Elisha Oviatt Senior, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ruth Barber, was 32. He married Betsy Lashure about 1810, in New York City, New York, United States. He died on 16 August 1847, in Bryant, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bryant, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1804
Founded in 1804
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Surrey): variant of Ovett, a name mainly found in Sussex, probably from the Middle English personal name Uviet, spelled Ouyet. This could represent Old English Ūf(e)gēat or Ufegēat; the personal name Ufegeat is recorded in Old English documents but the length of the initial vowel is uncertain. With a long first vowel the name might be a compound of Old English ūf ‘owl’ + a linking vowel -e- + the tribal name Gēat. With a short initial vowel the first element could be ufe-, as in Old English ufemest ‘uppermost, highest’. An alternative possibility is that Uviet represents either of two other Old English names, Wulfgēat (male) or Wulfgȳth (female), with Wulf- shortened to Uf-. Final -et was presumably re-interpreted as the Old French, Middle English hypocoristic suffix -et, for which -ot was commonly substituted. The surname Ovett had a long history in Brighton (Sussex) and in the New Forest (Hampshire), but it also had a presence in the Midlands from at least the 16th century. The variant Oviatt, which is found mainly in Surrey, probably originates from the family in Hampshire or the South Midlands.
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