William Farley
about 1784–
Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
The Life of William
When William Farley was born about 1784, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, Isaac Farley, was 29 and his mother, Annetje Mellick, was 24. He married Anna Garretson after 1810. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Family Time Line
William Farley
1784–
Anna Garretson
1786–
Marriage: after 1810
David S. Farley
1815–1897
Spouse and Children
1784–Male
1786–Female
MARRIAGE
after 1810
after 1810
children
(1)
1815–1897Male
Parents and Siblings
1755–1815Male
1760–1831Female
siblings
(11)
1780–1846Male
1782–1843Male
1784–Male
1788–1850Female
1790–1790Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 2
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · New Jersey Plan
Age 3
"Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two ""houses"" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested)."
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 35
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
1 English: habitational name from any of various places named Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, and Staffordshire, from Old English as fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh , Fairley , Fairlie .2 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile ( see Farrelly ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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