Brief Life History of Lucinda
When Lucinda Lay was born on 4 May 1777, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Lay VII, was 39 and her mother, Ann Sill, was 34. She married Asa Cone in 1804, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 7 January 1855, in South Otselic, Otselic, Chenango, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Rhode Island Cemetery, Rhode Island, Lincklaen, Chenango, New York, United States.
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- Lucinda Lay, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Lucinda Lay Cone, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lucinda in entry for Richard S. Cone, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Lee .
Scottish: shortened form of McClay .
German: habitational name from any of the places so named, in the Rhineland near Koblenz and in Bavaria, from lay(h), a word meaning ‘stone, rock, slate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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