Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Strout was born on 10 February 1776, in Harrington, Washington, Maine, United States, her father, Deacon Joseph Myers Strout III, was 38 and her mother, Susannah Roberts, was 25. She married Jeremiah Gay on 27 September 1800, in Steuben, Washington, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 3 September 1840, at the age of 64, and was buried in Milbridge, Washington, Maine, United States.
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- Phebe Gay, "Find A Grave Index"
- Phebe Strout in entry for Joel Gay, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 "
- Phebe Strout in entry for Joel Gay, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 "
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1790
Historical Boundaries: 1790: Washington, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Washington, Maine, United States
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for an argumentative person, from Middle English strout, strut ‘strife, dispute, debate’ (Old English strūt).
English: from the Old Norse personal name Strútr, Strut, apparently a nickname from strútr ‘pointed hood’ (referring to a cone-like ornament on a headdress or cap).
Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Stroet: habitational name from Stroet in North Holland or a topographic name from Dutch stroet ‘brush, thicket, swamp’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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