When Richard B Filkins was born on 7 December 1781, in Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, his father, Isaac Filkin, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Langdon, was 11778. He married Nancy Crabb before 1801, in Berne, Albany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 9 November 1841, in Berne, Albany, New York, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in East Berne, Berne, Albany, New York, United States.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Historical Boundaries 1791: Rensselaer, New York, United States
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
English:
patronymic from the medieval personal name Filkin, Felkin, a pet form of Phil (see Fill ), short for Philip.
habitational name from a place so called in Oxfordshire, whose name is probably a tribal derivative (with Old English -ingas ‘people of’) of the Old English personal name Filica (of uncertain origin). Surname forms such as de Filking(es) are found in the surrounding area from the 12th and 13th centuries.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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