Rebecca Lawrence

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Lawrence was born in 1800, in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Mr. Lawrence, was 32 and her mother, Mrs. Lawrence, was 27. She married Eleazer Davis on 22 October 1816, in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 9 February 1869, in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Village Cemetery, Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eleazer Davis
1789–1873
Rebecca Lawrence
1800–1869
Marriage: 22 October 1816
Sarah S Davis
1817–1819
George W Davis
1820–1901
Sarah A. Davis
1823–1855
Diana Davis
1826–1826

Sources (14)

  • Rebecca R Davis, "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865"
  • Rebecca Robbins, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Rebecca R Davis, "Find a Grave Index"

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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.

1805

Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List

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. 

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Lorens, Laurence, from Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or bay trees. The name was borne by a Christian saint who was martyred at Rome in the 3rd century AD ; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German Laurenz, Polish Wawrzyniec, etc.). In Britain this is a common name from the 12th century, with pet forms such as Law , Low , Lawrie , Laurie , Larry , Larkin , all of which are represented in surnames. There was also a feminine form Laurencia which may have given rise to the English surname. The surname is also borne by Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surnames. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. German Lorenz , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Lavrenčič and Lovrenčič (patronymics from Lavrencij and Lovrenc, equivalents of Lawrence), Polish Wawrzyniak . Compare Larrance , Laurence , Lawerence , Lieurance , and Lowrance .

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

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