Rebeca Howe

Brief Life History of Rebeca

When Rebeca Howe was born on 11 August 1798, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Isaac How, was 39 and her mother, Louisa Dadman, was 34. She married Samuel Houston Phipps on 2 April 1824, in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 February 1881, in Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Houston Phipps
1801–1896
Rebeca Howe
1798–1881
Marriage: 2 April 1824
Josephine Leland Phipps
1825–1924
Ann Phipps
1835–
Billy Phipps
1837–
Cecil Phipps
1839–
Deanie Phipps
1841–
Eula Louise Phipps
1841–
Jenny Phipps
1843–
Kathryn Phipps
1845–
Luther Howe Phipps
1827–1906
Mary Augusta Phipps
1829–1883
Rebecca Louisa Phipps
1831–1890
Mary Augusta Phipps
1833–1907
Margaret R. Phipps
1833–1864

Sources (48)

  • Rebecca Phipps in household of Samuel Phipps, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Rebeckah Howe, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Rebeckah How, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (7)

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.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name pronounced to rhyme with hoe, who, or how, from Middle English hoʒe ‘spur of a hill, steep ridge, or slight rise’. Hoʒe comes from a late variant, hōge, of the dative case of the Old English root word, hōh, literally ‘heel (of a person) or hock (of an animal)’, a common placename element. The regular Old English dative singular, , is the source of the placenames Hoo and Hoe and the surname may also be habitational name from a placename consisting of this word, for example Hoe (Norfolk), Hoo (Kent), Hooe (Devon, Sussex), or either of two places called The Hoo in Great Gaddesden and Saint Paul's Walden (Hertfordshire). Hose (Leicestershire) comes from the plural form of the word (see Howes ). Howe may also be from Old Norse haugr ‘mound, hill’, for without other evidence, this cannot be distinguished from howe ‘spur of a hill’ and is certainly the origin of Howe (Norfolk) and Howe Hill in Kirkburn (East Yorkshire). See also Hough .

English: variant of Hugh , pronounced to rhyme with who or how.

Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

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

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