Brief Life History of Amos Betts
When Amos Betts Andrews was born on 4 March 1800, in Whitestown, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, James Andrews, was 31 and his mother, Betsey Betts, was 19. He married Keturah Eliza Button in 1825, in Otisco, Onondaga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1857. He died on 12 March 1865, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Amos B Andrews, "United States Census, 1840"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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