When Clarissa Sabrina Hoyt was born on 3 February 1798, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Samuel Hoyt, was 36 and her mother, Mary 'Polly' Weed, was 27. She married Albert St John on 20 August 1820. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Scipio, Cayuga, New York, United States in 1850 and Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 October 1883, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1799: Cayuga, New York, United States
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.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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