Brief Life History of Parthenia
When Parthenia Downer was born on 17 January 1807, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Stephen Downer, was 43 and her mother, Jane Spink, was 42. She had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Tracy Babcock. She lived in Sterling Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Troy Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 January 1892, at the age of 85.
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- Perthenia Babcock in household of Tracy Babcock, "United States Census, 1850"
- Parthenia Babcock in household of Tracy Babcock, "United States Census, 1870"
- Parrena Babcock in household of Tracy Babcock, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English (Isle of Wight, Hampshire, and Sussex): topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or down, from Middle English douner, a derivative of Middle English doun (Old English dūn) ‘hill’ + -er. It is synonymous with atte Doune (see Down ) and is a type of formation especially common in Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire.
English: in the north-West Midlands perhaps a variant of Downward with shortening of the final syllable to -er, a habitational name probably from Downwood (Herefordshire) and perhaps also Dunwood (Staffordshire), with -wood re-etymologized as -ward and occasionally shortened to -ard. See also Downard .
Irish (Tipperary): variant of Dooner 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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