When Thomas Moon was born on 11 May 1783, in Eccleston, Lancashire, England, his father, William Moon, was 47 and his mother, Hannah Kerfoot, was 45. He married Lydia Plumb on 23 May 1815, in Saint Mary the Virgin, Deane, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Eccleston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1815 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. In 1820, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 17 August 1841, in Lee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lee, Iowa, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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.
Irish: variant of Mohan .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce .
Americanized form of German Mohn or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesThe Life Summary of Thomas When Thomas Moon was born on 11 May 1783, in Eccleston, Lancashire, England, his father, William Moon, was 47 and his mother, Hannah Kerfoot, was 45. He married Lydia Rigby …
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