Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Stockwell was born on 20 October 1778, in Warwick, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benajah Stockwell, was 47 and his mother, Hannah Gale, was 35. He married Abijah L Holbrook in 1797, in Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 September 1828, in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 49.
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- Ebenezer Stockwell, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
- Ebenezer Stockwell, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Ebenezer Stockwell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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:
habitational name from any of various places called Stockwell, including Stockwell in Lambeth (Surrey) and Stockwell in Cowley (Gloucestershire), from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk, stump’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
perhaps sometimes in northern England a variant of Stockill, a habitational name from Stockeld in Spofforth (Worth Yorkshire) and perhaps also Stockheld Grange in Barwick in Elmet (Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk, stump’ + helde ‘slope’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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