Jesse Haven

Brief Life History of Jesse

When Jesse Haven was born on 28 March 1814, in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Haven, was 40 and his mother, Betsey Howe, was 34. He married Martha Spring Hall on 24 November 1842, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 14 December 1905, in Enterprise, Morgan, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Haven
1814–1905
Abigail Cram
1825–1904
Marriage: 12 October 1850
Jesse Cram Haven
1853–1879
Marie Haven
1858–

Sources (38)

  • Jesse Haven, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jesse Haven, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Jesse Haven, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) harbor’, from Middle English haven (Old English hæfen ‘haven’).

Welsh (Monmouthshire): variant of Evan .

Dutch: variant of Haveman , or possibly a topographic name from haven ‘port, harbour’. See also De Haven .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Elizabeth Haven Barlow

I, Elizabeth Haven Barlow, was born in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, 28 December 1811, the fifth child in a family of seven. The house in which I was born had belonged to my great-grandfather, …

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