Phebe Bates

Brief Life History of Phebe

When Phebe Bates was born before 20 May 1787, in Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Phineas Bates, was 37 and her mother, Esther Curtiss, was 35.

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Family Time Line

Phineas Bates
1749–1829
Esther Curtiss
1751–1828
Sarah Bates
1772–1836
Sarah Bates
1782–
Phebe Bates
1787–
Bates
1790–
Stephen Bates
1773–1846
Asher Bates
1776–1810
Phineas P. Bates
1781–1857
David Curtis Bates
1794–1849

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    World Events (8)

    1788 · The First Presidential Election

    The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

    1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State

    Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.

    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. 

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.

    Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .

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

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