Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Holbrook was born on 10 June 1823, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Henry Holbrook, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Trask, was 33. She married John Norman Morse on 25 December 1841, in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1850 and Oakham, Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. She died on 4 June 1910, in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Sarah A Morse in household of Henry Holbrook, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Sarah Ann Holbrook, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sarah A. Holbrook, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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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.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’, such as Holbrook (Derbyshire, Dorset, Suffolk) and Howbrook in Wortley (Yorkshire).
Americanized form of North German Halbrock (or some like-sounding surname), a cognate of 1 above.
History: This name was first taken to America by the brothers Thomas and John Holbrook, who emigrated to MA in the 17th century; their line can be traced back to Dundry, Somerset, England, in the first half of the 16th century. Other English bearers who started early lines of descent in the New World are Joseph Ho(u)lbrook of Warrington, Lancashire, who emigrated to MD as an indentured servant in the later 17th century; Randolph Holbrook, who was in VA in the 1720s but later returned to Nantwich, Cheshire; and Rev. John Holbrook, who emigrated from Handbury, Staffordshire, to NJ c. 1723.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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