When Esther Eliza Morrison was born on 10 June 1820, in Middleport, Niagara, New York, United States, her father, Thomas Morrison, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Sawtell, was 24. She married Henry Shippen on 25 January 1835, in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 17 October 1894, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Irish: from Ó Muirgheasáin ‘descendant of Muirgheasán’, a diminutive of Muirgheas, a personal name meaning ‘sea valor’.
Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Moireasdain ‘son of Moireasdan’, a personal name cognate with Irish Muirgheasán’ (see 1 above).
Scottish and English: patronymic from the personal name Morris .
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