When Phebe Ackens was born on 17 August 1780, in Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States, her father, Joseph Acken, was 46 and her mother, Rebekah Crane, was 40. She married John James Davis on 2 February 1791, in Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 10 December 1865, in her hometown, at the age of 85.
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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.
"Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two ""houses"" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested)."
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
English: variant of Atkin , with genitival or excrescent -s (compare Atkins ).
Dutch and East Frisian: patronymic from the personal name Aike, a diminutive of Aai/Aie, a variant or a short form of the personal names Aaielt, Age, Ad(d)e or Adriaan. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Eikens .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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