Brief Life History of Elisha Perry
When Elisha Perry Horton was born on 11 March 1790, in Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Horton, was 44 and his mother, Temperance Morse, was 41. He married Avis Wheaton on 1 January 1812, in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 12 May 1843, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Elisha Perry Horton, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Elisha Perry Horton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elijah B. Horton in entry for Simon Horton and Betsey A. Truell, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1791 · The Bill of Rights
After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
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