Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca House was born about 1777, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Aquilla House, was 21 and her mother, Martha, was 18. She married Abner Aldridge on 20 March 1798, in District 1070, Macon, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1840, in Monroe, Alabama, United States, at the age of 64.
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- Rebeckah House, "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967"
- Elizabeth Aldridge in entry for Elizabeth J Aldridge, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Rebecca Hook, "United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865"
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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.
1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
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: topographic or occupational name for someone employed ‘at the house’, from Middle English hous(e) (Old English hūs), probably a religious house such as a convent. In the Middle Ages the majority of the population lived in cottages or huts rather than houses.
English: variant of Howes .
English: perhaps a topographic name from an unrecorded Middle English huse, a southwest dialect form of Old English hyse ‘place overgrown with (water) plants’, a derivative of Old English hos ‘(water) plant’. In modern English, the name might have been absorbed into Huss or Hose .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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