When Stephen Babbitt was born about 1789, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Job Babbitt, was 50 and his mother, Sarah Parkhurst, was 46. He married Phoebe McVay about 1807, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 5 November 1864, in Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Trenton, New Jersey officially became the state capital in 1790. The first state governor would be William Livingston.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English (Suffolk and Somerset): variant of Bobbitt . This surname is now extinct in Britain.
History: The founder of the American Babbitt family was Edward Bobet, who came to Plymouth Colony in 1643.
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