When James Danforth was born on 3 July 1805, in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, his father, Jonathan Danforth VI, was 32 and his mother, Mary Sinclair, was 29. He married Philena Kinney on 21 January 1832, in Massena, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 23 March 1877, in Massena, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Massena, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): variant of Danford .
History: Nicholas Danforth, a man of considerable property, emigrated c. 1634 with his children to Cambridge, MA, from Framlingham, Suffolk, England, after the death of his wife Elizabeth. He was elected to various political offices in the colony. His son Thomas (1623–99) was admitted as a freeman in 1643 and was named treasurer of Harvard College in the 1650 charter granted that institution.
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