Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Smith was born on 23 November 1802, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, her father, Moses Smith, was 20 and her mother, Hannah Idol, was 18. She married Jacob Williard on 15 December 1817, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Broadbay Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and High Point, Ocean, New Jersey, United States in 1961. She died on 2 March 1870, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Phebe Williard in household of Jacob Williard, "United States Census, 1850"
- Pheby Smith, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Phebe Willard in entry for P Willard and Lizzie Peddicrod Or Peddycord, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1804 · Walton War
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
1820
On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .
English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .
Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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