Rebecca Turner
10 January 1776– (Age NaN)
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
The Life of Rebecca
When Rebecca Turner was born on 10 January 1776, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Amos Turner, was 29 and her mother, Rachal Fuller, was 26. She married Daniel Lewis on 18 August 1799.
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Family Time Line
Daniel Lewis
1776–
Rebecca Turner
1776–
Spouse and Children
Daniel Lewis
1776–Male
1776–Female
Parents and Siblings
1746–1822Male
1750–Female
siblings
(11)
1771–Female
1772–Female
1774–1775Female
1776–Female
1778–Female
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World Events (3)
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 5
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.
1783 · A Free America
Age 7
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.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 10
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
1 English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker of objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, from Anglo-Norman French torner (Old French tornier, Latin tornarius, a derivative of tornus ‘lathe’). The surname may also derive from any of various other senses of Middle English turn, for example a turnspit, a translator or interpreter, or a tumbler.2 English: nickname for a fast runner, from Middle English turnen ‘to turn’ + ‘hare’.3 English: occupational name for an official in charge of a tournament, Old French tornei (in origin akin to 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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