Lucy Kellogg

Brief Life History of Lucy

When Lucy Kellogg was born on 11 November 1779, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Asa Kellogg, was 34 and her mother, Lucy Powell, was 34. She married David Westcote about 1796, in United States. She died about 1839, at the age of 61.

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Reuben Hewett
1780–1840
Lucy Kellogg
1779–1839
Marriage: about 1800
Alonzo George Hewitt
1801–1866

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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.

    1783 · A Free America

    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

    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.

    Name Meaning

    English (London): nickname for a pig-slaughterer, from Middle English kille + hog(ge).

    History: Daniel Kellogg (1630–88), from Great Leighs, Essex, England, settled in Norwalk, CT, in 1656. His son, Edward (1790–1858), was a financial reformer and the intellectual father of Greenbackism (a movement favoring promotion of economic growth by increasing the paper money supply, regardless of the inflationary side effects).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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