Brief Life History of Lillis
When Lillis Burrows was born on 26 March 1776, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Burroughs, was 45 and her mother, Joanna Lyon, was 38. She married Thomas Simmons about 1794, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States in 1790. She died on 11 March 1849, in Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Lillis Simmonds, "United States Census, 1790"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lillis Burrows - Published information: birth-name: Lillis Burrows
- Lilas Simons, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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 Burrow , with excrescent -s.
(mainly Sheffield): occasionally also a topographic name or occupational name for someone who lived or worked at a house with a chamber for conducting manorial business (Middle English bour, Old English būr ‘bower, chamber’, + hous ‘house’). Compare Burroughs and Burris .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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