Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Howell was born in 1817, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Benjamin Betterton Howell, was 31 and her mother, Frances Howell, was 26. She married Rev. John Murray Forbes I in December 1838, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 21 July 1849, in Ossining, Ossining Town, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 32.
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- Anna Howell, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Anna H. Forbes, "New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962"
- Anna Howell in entry for Rev John Murray Forbes, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .
English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).
English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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