When James Durfee was born on 9 September 1794, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Perry Durfee, was 28 and his mother, Annie Martha Salisbury, was 28. He married Cynthia Elizabeth Soule in 1814, in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 8 daughters. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 16 July 1844, in Lima, Adams, Illinois, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Wythe Presbyterian Cemetery, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Altered form of French Durfé: habitational name, with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’, for someone from Urfé in Loire. The surname Durfé is virtually non-existing in France.
History: The name was brought to England by Huguenot refugees in the 16th century. Thomas Durfee, the ancestor of the Durfee family in America, was born in 1643 and came to Providence, RI, in 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names9 Sept. 1794–16/17 July 1844 Likely born in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island.3 Son of Perry Durfee and Annie Salisbury (Sulsbury).4 Moved with grandparents James and Ann Borden Durfee to Broadalb …
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