When Samuel Houston Phipps was born on 18 February 1801, in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, David Phipps, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Stymer, was 20. He married Rebeca Howe on 2 April 1824, in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. He died on 11 March 1896, in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Massachusetts, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English: from a shortened form of the Middle English personal name Philip , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
History: The Phipps family, which holds the titles of marquess of Normandy and earl of Mulgrave, are descended from Constantine Phipps (1656–1723), who was lord chancellor of Ireland. A cousin with a different background, Sir William Phip(p)s (1651–95), was born in ME, where his parents had emigrated. Originally a ship's carpenter, he rose to become royal governor of MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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