Brief Life History of Levinia
When Levinia Phelps was born on 19 July 1788, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Frederick Phelps Jr, was 39 and her mother, 'Molly' Mary Jones, was 28. She married Ira Bissel in June 1821, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 November 1853, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Lovina Bissel in household of Ira Bissel, "United States Census, 1850"
- Levina Phelps, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Levina Phelps, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
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1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
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."
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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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