Brief Life History of Lucy
When Lucy Mack was born on 8 July 1775, in Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Solomon Mack, was 42 and her mother, Lydia Gates, was 42. She married Joseph Smith Sr on 24 January 1796, in Tunbridge, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 May 1856, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- Lucy Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Lucy, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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World Events (8)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from the Old Norse personal name Makkr, representing an Old Irish name Mac ‘son’ Latinized as Maccus. It was once thought that Maccus was a form of Magnus , but this is not so.
Scottish and Irish: possibly from a shortened form of any of the many Scottish and Irish surnames beginning with Mac- ‘son’, a nickname that occasionally became encoded as a nickname and thence perhaps as a genuine surname, but the evidence for this is thin.
North German and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Macco, Makko, a pet form of a compound name with the first element māg- ‘kinsman’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the much more common Dutch variant Mak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Horace Eldredge's Return to Visit Nauvoo (Lucy & Emma) 1953
"Horace S. Eldredge, who presided over the LDS branch in St. Louis and managed emigration preparations for several years, visited Nauvoo on 28 July 1853, staying at the Mansion House. His afternoon st …
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