Rachel Bailey

Brief Life History of Rachel Bailey

When Rachel Bailey was born on 15 August 1792, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Owen Wilber, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Pearce, was 23.

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Family Time Line

Owen Wilber
1770–1821
Sarah Pearce
1768–
Joseph
1791–1791
Rachel Bailey
1792–
Deborah Pearce
1793–
William
1795–1810
Polly Wilbur
1796–
Benjamin Wilbor
1798–1879
James
1799–
Christopher Wilber
1800–
Owen Jr.
1801–
Sarah
1802–1804
Claricy
1805–1806
John
1806–1807
Brownell Wilbor
1809–1879
Gideon
1810–1839
George Wilber
1811–1888
William
1812–

Sources (1)

  • Rachel Bailey Wilbor, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"

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World Events (3)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1811 · USS Revenge

On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.

Name Meaning

Biblical name (meaning ‘ewe’ in Hebrew), borne by the beloved wife of Jacob and mother (after long barrenness) of Joseph (Genesis 28–35) and of Benjamin, at whose birth she died. In the Middle Ages and subsequently this was regarded as a characteristically Jewish name, but it is now also popular among Gentiles.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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