When Ruth Durkee was born on 19 June 1789, in Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Ransom Durkee, was 26 and her mother, Hannah Vail, was 25. She married Moses Hubbard on 11 September 1809, in Saint-Armand, Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Irish and Scottish: perhaps a late pet form in Scotland of Durkin . This surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
History: The name was brought to the Massachusetts Bay Colony by William Durgy, who was born in Ireland c. 1632. He arrived from Barbados on November 9, 1663, as the indentured servant of Thomas Bishop.
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