Jacob New Jr

Brief Life History of Jacob

When Jacob New Jr was born in 1802, in Georgia, United States, his father, Jacob C New, was 41 and his mother, Edith Sweeney, was 32. He had at least 1 daughter with Sylvia.

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Jacob New Jr
1802–
Sylvia
1806–
Milla Louisa New
1828–

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    World Events (8)

    1803

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1803 · Gerogia's First Land Lottery

    Georgia’s first land lottery act was signed by Governor John Milledge. The first drawings for the land lottery were held two years later in 1805.

    1835 · Treaty of New Echota

    A minority group of Cherokees including John Ridge, Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and Stand Waite, signed the Treaty of New Echota which ceded all Cherokee territory east of the Mississippi in exchange for five million dollars. The majority of Cherokees did not agree and 16,000 Cherokee signatures were gathered to protest the treaty. Boudinot and both Ridges were killed several years later by angry Cherokees for signing the treaty.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname for a newcomer to an area (though someone new to a position or occupation is also possible), from Middle English newe ‘new’ (Old English nīwe).

    English: topographic name for someone who lived by a yew tree, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten ewe ‘at the yew’ (Old English æt thæm ēowe).

    Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neu .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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