Brief Life History of Patience
When Patience Perkins was born on 19 December 1783, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, John Perkins, was 34 and her mother, Hannah Gardner, was 30. She married Stephen Taft on 3 November 1802, in Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 24 July 1862, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Windsor. Census Records 1810 | Windham. Census Records 1810 | Rutland. Census Records 1810 (image 342)
- Patience Perkins, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005: Patience Perkins-Marriage Record
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Perkin , also found throughout mid and south Wales.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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