When Phebe Carr was born on 3 March 1742, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Caleb Carr, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Pierce, was 22. She married Isaac Carr on 20 November 1767, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 6 March 1822, in Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hartwick, Otsego, New York, United States.
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The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.
Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .
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