Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Bartlett was born on 5 September 1786, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Edward Bartlett, was 41 and her mother, Zilpah Cole, was 31. She married Edmond Tilson on 7 November 1807, in Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 15 November 1850, in Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Phebe Tilson in household of Edmund Tilson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Phebe Bartlett - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Phebe Bartlett Tilson
- Pheba Bartlett, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Bertelot, Bartelot (with the Old French double diminutive suffix -elot), a pet form of Bartholomew .
History: This is the name of a well-established New England family. Its members include Josiah Bartlett (1729–95), who was born in Amesbury, MA, and became governor of NH (1790–94). A Richard Bartlet(t) settled in Newbury, MA, in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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