Brief Life History of Seneca
When Seneca Reynolds was born on 7 March 1796, in Kingston, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Israel Jacob Reynolds, was 42 and his mother, Deborah Hachel Thatcher, was 35. He married Ann Livingston on 3 July 1823, in Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Shiawassee Township, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. He died on 14 April 1872, in Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Maple River Cemetery, Corunna, Shiawassee, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Seneca Reynolds, "United States Census, 1840"
- Seneca Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"
- Senson Reynolds in entry for Myron H. Reynold and Alice L. Hawley, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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World Events (8)
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.
1805
The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.
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
English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .
History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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