Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Bicknell was born on 16 July 1813, in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Levi Bicknell, was 34 and her mother, Clarisa Barrett, was 28. She married Sheldon Wolcott Webster on 15 October 1836, in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 17 April 1853, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Springfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States.
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- Fanny Bicknal, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Frances Bicknell, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Mrs. Shelden Webster, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bickenhill in Warwickshire, Bickenhall in Somerset or Bignell in Oxfordshire. The former two are named with the Old English personal name Bicca + Old English hyll ‘hill’, but in the Somerset name the final element alternates with Old English h(e)all ‘hall’. Bignell is named with the Old English personal name Biga + hyll ‘hill’. Compare Bignell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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