Brief Life History of Clorinda
When Clorinda Phelps was born on 11 April 1802, in New Haven, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, Samuel Nash Phelps, was 39 and her mother, Phebe F Darrow, was 37. She married Joseph French Huntoon on 27 February 1820, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters.
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- Clarinda Huntoon in household of Joseph Huntoon, "United States Census, 1860"
- Cordelia Phelps in entry for Edwin G. Clark and Martha C. Huntoon Cobb, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Cloinda Huntoon in household of Joseph Huntoon, "United States Census, 1850"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .
History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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