Brief Life History of Sereno Edwards
When Sereno Edwards Dwight was born on 12 November 1825, in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Simeon Dwight, was 46 and his mother, Martha Rice, was 44. He married Martha E Francis on 31 October 1847, in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 28 May 1903, in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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- Sere* E Dwight, "United States Census, 1900"
- Serene Edwards Dwight, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
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1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire): probably a variant of Twite , from various places called with Old Norse thveit ‘clearing’ (see Thwaites ). Alternatively, it may be a variant of Tuite .
History: Timothy Dwight (1752–1817), Congregational minister, author, and president of Yale College (1795–1817), was the dominant figure in the Established Order of CT. He was born in Northampton, MA, a descendant of John Dwight, who came from Dedham, England, in 1635 and settled in Dedham, MA, and the grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the great theologian of American Puritanism.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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