Francis Leybourne Popham

Brief Life History of Francis Leybourne

When Francis Leybourne Popham was born on 12 December 1784, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, Samuel Popham, was 26 and his mother, Delia Crutchley, was 22. He married Mary Lucy Scoles on 19 November 1803, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Pike Township, Knox, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 17 September 1854, in Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Milford, Van Buren Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Leybourne Popham
1784–1854
Mary Lucy Scoles
1785–1857
Marriage: 19 November 1803
George Popham
1796–1875
Elias Popham
1805–1890
Charles Popham
1806–1809
Samuel Popham
1809–1880
Easter Eliza POPHAM
1810–1810
John S. Popham
1811–1892
Mary Elizabeth Popham
1814–1897
Margaret Popham
1816–1883
Joseph Popham
1816–1906
William E. Popham Sr.
1819–1892
Minerva C Popham
1821–1894
Thomas Popham
1822–1902
Richard Popham
1823–1910
Rebecca Popham
1825–
Christiana Popham
1827–1906

Sources (16)

  • Francis Popham, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Francis Popham, "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970"
  • Francis Popham, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

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.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Hampshire, so called from an unattested short form of Old English popel ‘pebble’ + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.

History: The Popham Colony was the first organized attempt to establish an English colony on the shores of what is now known as New England, then called Northern Virginia. George Popham of Hunstworth, Somerset, England, helped establish the colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River in 1607. It lasted for little over a year until it was abandoned in 1608. Although George died that same year, he may have had descendants or relatives with him as there are Pophams in the US who trace their family roots to the colony.

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

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