When Hannah Craig was born on 5 July 1801, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States, her father, Enoch Craig, was 42 and her mother, Dorothy Deborah Starling, was 38. She married Joseph Dean Prescott on 6 November 1820, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1860. She died on 18 February 1865, at the age of 63.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
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.
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock, Older Scots crag, craig. Compare the synonymous English Cragg .
Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’, from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith, strength’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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