Brief Life History of Sibyl
When Sibyl Card was born on 16 January 1765, in Kent, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Job Card, was 28 and her mother, Hannah Weaver, was 32. She married David Vaughan on 26 September 1782. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 June 1800, at the age of 35.
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Sources (3)
- Libbel in entry for Waterman Vaughan, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"
- Libbel Card, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"
- Sibbel in entry for Waterman Vaughn, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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World Events (6)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Sussex): perhaps from Middle English carde ‘card’, an implement for teasing wool for spinning (from medieval Latin cardus) and therefore short for Carder or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wool carders. Alternatively, from Middle English carde ‘playing card’ (Old French carte), also ‘kind of fabric’ (medieval Latin carda), which could have been a nickname given to a card player or a metonymic occupational name for maker and seller of the fabric.
Irish: shortened form of McCard .
French: from a shortened form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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