Isaiah Spaulding

Brief Life History of Isaiah

When Isaiah Spaulding was born on 15 August 1792, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Henry Spaulding Jr, was 39 and his mother, Mary Fletcher, was 35. He married Martha Patty Byam on 12 September 1813, in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 24 July 1882, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaiah Spaulding
1792–1882
Martha Patty Byam
1791–1866
Marriage: 12 September 1813
Patty Elvira Spaulding
1814–1900
Lucretia Spaulding
1815–1891
Isaiah Byam Spaulding
1818–1896
Tryphena Spaulding
1821–1821
Harriet Elizabeth Spaulding
1826–1895
Soloman Henry Spaulding
1837–1862

Sources (30)

  • Isaiah Spalding, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
  • Isaiah Spaulding, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Isaiah Spalding, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (7)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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.

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. 

Name Meaning

Scottish (Aberdeenshire) and English (Cambridgeshire and Norfolk): habitational name from Spalding (Lincolnshire), from Old English Spaldas, the name of an Anglian tribe who settled chiefly in the fen-lands of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, + the groupname suffix -ingas. Compare Spafford .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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