Brief Life History of Simeon
When Simeon Stebbins was born on 6 August 1736, in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Stebbins, was 51 and his mother, Hannah Allen, was 38. He married Hannah Hinsdale in January 1763, in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 11 July 1811, in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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- Simeon Stebbins, "United States Census, 1800"
- Simeon Stebins, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Simeon Stebbins, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Essex): habitational name from Stebbing (Essex). The placename means ‘the people of a man called Stybba’ or ‘the people of the tree stumps’, from an Old English personal name Stybba or Old English stybb ‘tree stump’ + the groupname suffix -ingas.
History: Edward Stebbins was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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