Brief Life History of John Hamden
When John Hamden Dyer was born in 1813, in Calais, Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Jones Dyer Jr., was 37 and his mother, Lydia Knight, was 25. He died on 29 March 1836, in his hometown, at the age of 23.
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- John Hamden Dyer, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
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.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth, from Middle English deier, degher ‘dyer’ (Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). Compare Dexter . The name is typical of southern England. In the Midlands Dexter is the more common equivalent and in northern England Lister .
Irish (Sligo and Antrim): variant of Dwyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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