Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah Mayhew was born on 15 April 1807, in Levant, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, Elisha Mayhew, was 37 and his mother, Abigail Tibbetts, was 37. He married Lydia Farnsworth on 2 October 1832, in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Levant, Levant, Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States in 1807 and LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1840. He died on 17 January 1896, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Elijah Mayhew, "United States Census, 1840"
- 1807 Birth Elijah Mayhew, "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868"
- 1832 Elijah Mayhew and Lydia Farnsworth, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): from the French and Middle English personal name Maheu (Old French Mahieu), a common Norman form of Matthew . Its common Middle English pet form was Maw, by syncope of the medial -he-; see under Maw 1. See also May and Mahy .
Americanized form of French Mailloux .
History: Thomas Mayhew (1593–1682) came to Medford, MA, from Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, c. 1632, and subsequently moved to Watertown, MA. In 1642 he established a settlement on Martha's Vineyard, with his son Thomas, who was the first English missionary to the Indians of New England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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