Brief Life History of Betsey
When Betsey Jewett was born about 1792, in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Thomas Jewett, was 36 and her mother, Melatiah Woodcock, was 26. She had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with Abel Palmer. She lived in Campbell, Steuben, New York, United States for about 5 years. She died after 1850, in Campbell, Campbell, Steuben, New York, United States.
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- Betsy Palmer in household of Abel Palmer, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Legacy NFS Source: Betsey Jewett - Published information: birth: about 1792; Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
- Legacy NFS Source: Betsey Jewett - Government record: death: after 1850; Campbell, Steuben, New York, United States
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World Events (7)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1796
Historical Boundaries 1796: Steuben, New York, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (northern): from the Middle English female personal name Jouet, Jouot, Juet. This was an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of the Biblical name Judith and also a pet form (with the Anglo-Norman French suffix -et(te)) of both Judith and the much commoner female name Julian (from Latin Juliana, a derivative of Julius). See Jew and Julian .
Americanized form of French Jouet or Jouët (see Jouett ) and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname.
History: This surname is listed along with the variant Jouett in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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