When Betsey Kallam was born about 1787, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Luther Killam, was 28 and her mother, Amy Hewitt, was 23. She married John Newcomb on 11 September 1804, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States in 1850 and Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died about 1857, in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English: variant of Calam, of uncertain origin. It may itself be a variant of Kelham, a habitational name from Kelham in Nottinghamshire. This form of the surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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