Brief Life History of Addison
When Addison Pratt was born on 21 February 1802, in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Henry Pratt, was 30 and his mother, Rebecca Jewell, was 23. He married Louisa Barnes on 3 April 1831, in Dunham, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1856. He died on 14 October 1872, in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Anaheim Cemetery, Anaheim, Orange, California, United States.
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- Addison Pratt, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Addison Pratt, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Addison Pratt, "BillionGraves Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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