Brief Life History of Polly
When Polly DeLand was born on 23 September 1786, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thorndike DeLand, was 34 and her mother, Eunice Becket, was 30.
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1797 · Friendship of Salem Built
On May 28, 1797, the Friendship of Salem was built. It was 102 feet long and 27 feet wide. It made fifteen voyages in its time. The ship was captured as a prize of war during the war of 1812.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Delalande: variant, with fused preposition de ‘from’, of Lalande .
Altered form of French Deslandes .
History: Many of the Delands are descended from Jean Deslandes dit Champigny from France, who was in QC by 1688 (see Champigny ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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