When Hannah Maria Wheat was born on 28 November 1815, in Minisink, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Samuel Wheat, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Moss, was 23. She married Christopher D. Hill on 20 April 1839, in Slate Hill, Wawayanda, Orange, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Owego, Tioga, New York, United States for about 5 years and Mission Creek Township, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died in July 1889, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English (North Midlands, chiefly Nottinghamshire): nickname from Middle English whete ‘active, bold, brave’ (Old English hwǣt).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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