Brief Life History of Roxy
When Roxy Phelps was born on 1 April 1775, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Barrett Phelps, was 52 and her mother, Hannah Bigelow, was 44. She married Bela Dudley about 1796, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. She died on 21 October 1852, in Cannon Township, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Manchester, Manchester Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
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- Roxcy Dudley in household of Alpheus Putnam, "United States Census, 1850"
- Rocksie Phelps, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Roxy Phelps Dudley, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1785
Founded
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .
History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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