Mehitable Robie

Brief Life History of Mehitable

When Mehitable Robie was born on 9 March 1814, in Corinth, Orange, Vermont, United States, her father, Ichabod Robie, was 29 and her mother, Mary Polly Flagg, was 32. She married Lyman Mead on 10 December 1833, in Corinth, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 15 February 1872, in Vermont, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Lyman Mead
1810–1848
Mehitable Robie
1814–1872
Marriage: 10 December 1833
Julia A Mead
1835–1916
Henry Lyman Mead
1838–1881
John Robie Mead
1840–1918
Sidney Kendrick Mead
1844–1913

Sources (27)

  • Mahitable Rabie, "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
  • Mahitab Mead in entry for John R Mead and Mary A Merrill, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
  • Mehitable Robie, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"

World Events (7)

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. 

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.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

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.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: variant of Robey .

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

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