Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Howard was born on 25 March 1798, in Hanover, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Phineas Howard, was 33 and her mother, Lavina Powers, was 26. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Peter Frost. She died on 4 October 1838, in Waterboro, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Town House Cemetery, Parsonsfield, York, Maine, United States.
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- Phebe Howard, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Phebe Frost, "Find A Grave Index"
- Frost in entry for Peter Frost, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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World Events (8)
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.
1800
Oldest grave seen in memorial list.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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