Brief Life History of John
When John Houston was born about 1755, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, John James Houston, was 32 and his mother, Hannah Linn McDonald, was 27. He married Mary Hornbeck about 1775, in Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States in 1810. He died on 17 February 1812, in Nelson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 58.
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- John Houston, "United States Census, 1810"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Houston - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 1759; Delaware, United States
- Legacy NFS Source: John Houston - Government record: Probate record or will: death: 17 February 1812; Nelson, Kentucky, United States
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780
Historical Boundaries - 1776: Fincastle, Virginia Colony, United States; 1776: Fincastle, Virginia, United States; 1776: Kentucky, Virginia, United States; 1780: Jefferson, Virginia, United States; 1785: Nelson, Virginia, United States; 1792: Nelson, Kentucky, United States
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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