Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Crowell was born on 8 March 1794, in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Elisha Crowell, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Nickerson, was 31. She married Elnathan Crowell on 16 March 1811, in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. She died on 22 August 1873, in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Rebecca Crowell in household of Elnathan Crowell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Crowell - birth: 8 March 1794; Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
- Rebecca Crowell Crowell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost place called Crowell in Spofforth (Yorkshire), or from a place in Oxfordshire named Crowell, from Old English crāwe ‘crow’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’.
Americanized form of German Grauel .
Americanized form of Dutch Krouwel or Crouwel: from Middle Dutch crauwel ‘trident hook, claw’, a metonymic occupational name for someone using this kind of tool, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn named In de Crouwel (‘In the Trident Hook’), with such a device depicted on the signboard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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