Brief Life History of Caleb
When Caleb Colvin was born about 1763, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Luther Colvin, was 24 and his mother, Lydia Colvin, was 24. He married Amy Ann Abbott on 31 December 1795, in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1800. He died in 1805, at the age of 43, and was buried in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States.
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- Caleb Colvin, "United States Census, 1800"
- Caleb Colvin, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.
Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.
English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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