Brief Life History of Mary Augusta
When Mary Augusta Hawkins was born on 15 March 1823, in Edmeston, Edmeston, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Jesse Gould Hawkins, was 24 and her mother, Sally Clarissa Hubbell, was 24. She married Zerubbabel Levi Snow on 3 August 1841, in Streetsboro Township, Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1851 and lived in Cedar, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 11 December 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Snow in household of T Snow, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Augusta Hawkins - birth: 15 March 1823; Edmeston, Otsego, New York, United States
- Mary A. Hawkins, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hawkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: habitational name, with excrescent -s, from Hawkinge (Kent). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Heafoc or Old English heafoc ‘hawk’ + the placename forming suffix -ing. This name has been assimilated to the patronymic surname in Devon from Sir John Hawkyns (1532–95), victor against the Spanish Armada (1588), who was a member of the Devon family of Hawkins, a branch of a Kentish family from the village of Hawkinge. They held land in Plymouth as long ago as 1480.
Irish: variant of Haughn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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