When Clara Hoyt was born on 16 May 1819, in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, United States, her father, John Hubbard Hoyt, was 43 and her mother, Abigail Howes, was 42. She died on 3 March 1902, in Rome, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, United States.
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Maine is the 23rd state.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
English: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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