Brief Life History of Ambrose Ives
When Ambrose Ives Upson was born on 18 April 1827, in Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Thomas Moulthrop Upson, was 41 and his mother, Jerusha Starr, was 38. He married Henrietta Thorp on 26 January 1846. He lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1870 and Germantown, Blooming Grove Township, Pike, Pennsylvania, United States in 1879. He died on 7 July 1879, in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Ambrose Upson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Ambrose J. Upson, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Ambrose Ives Upson, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
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1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): variant of Upstone, a habitational name from Ubbeston (Suffolk). The placename means ‘Ubbi's estate’, from the Old Norse personal name Ubbi + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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