Ely Northup

Brief Life History of Ely

When Ely Northup was born in 1807, in Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Northup, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Gardner, was 35.

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Thomas Northup
1760–
Sarah Gardner
1772–
Thomas G Northup
1796–1863
Sarah Northup
1798–
Uriah Northrup
1801–1880
Gardner Northup
1802–
Huldah Northrop
1803–1864
Susan Northup
1805–
Marian Northup
1806–
Ely Northup
1807–
Caleb Northup
1808–1871

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    World Events (3)

    1808

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    Name Meaning

    English (Cambridgeshire): perhaps for someone who lived ‘north up (in the village)’, from Middle English north + up, or a variant of Northrop with dissimilation of the sequence r...r. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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