Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Marsh was born on 13 February 1806, in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, John Marsh, was 34 and her mother, Priscilla Pond, was 30. She married Dexter Dane on 30 September 1830, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States for about 15 years. She died on 28 April 1867, at the age of 61, and was buried in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Maria Dane in household of Dexter Dane, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Maria Dane, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
- Maria, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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World Events (7)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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