When Charity Barber was born in 1779, in Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Josiah Barber, was 40 and her mother, Eleanor Lewis, was 36. She married John Kenyon on 1 May 1808, in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. She died on 28 November 1859, at the age of 80.
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During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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.
English: occupational name for a barber, from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber, Old French barbier, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards, but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).
Catalan: occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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