Sophronia Kilbourn

Brief Life History of Sophronia

When Sophronia Kilbourn was born on 23 January 1796, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Kilbourn, was 30 and her mother, Hannah Sellew, was 26. She married Samuel Whiting on 6 November 1816, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1850. She died on 7 May 1867, in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Whiting
1794–1876
Sophronia Kilbourn
1796–1867
Marriage: 6 November 1816
Gurdon Saltonstall Whiting
1817–1892
Elizabeth Wells Whiting
1819–1913
Austin Whiting
1822–1888
Hannah Sophia Whiting
1824–1845
Mary Cornelia Whiting
1828–1919
Samuel Whiting Jr.
1831–1908
George Henry Whiting
1838–1878

Sources (21)

  • Sophia Whiting in household of Samuel Whiting, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sophia Kilborn, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Kilbourn, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"

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.

1802 · Brass is Discovered

"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."

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 (mainly Leicestershire): variant of Kilburn .

Possibly also an Americanized form of German Kühlborn: habitational name from a place so named in former East Prussia; the meaning of the name being kühl ‘cool’ + born ‘well, spring’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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