When Nancy Cressy was born on 20 January 1780, in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, her father, William Crissey, was 32 and her mother, Leah Ouke, was 33. She married Oliver Walker on 8 February 1803. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 17 December 1871, in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
"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)."
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Creasey , a cognate of 2 below.
French: habitational name from any of several places in northern France, in Saône-et-Loire, Seine-Maritime, and Somme, all named with the Gallic personal name Crixsos (from Latin Crixsus) ‘curly-haired man’ + the Latin locative suffix -acum. This surname is very rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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