When Phebe Tibbets was born on 25 May 1797, in Lincoln, Maine, United States, her father, Giles Tibbetts, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Alley, was 31. She married Ephraim Lamson on 12 August 1814. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine, United States in 1850.
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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.
In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English (Warwickshire and Staffordshire): variant of Tibbetts . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
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