Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Lawrence was born on 2 September 1762, in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Lawrence, was 39 and her mother, Love Lucy Adams, was 37. She married Rev Edmund Foster on 19 September 1783, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 14 July 1812, in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (47)
- Phebe Lawrence, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Phebe Lawrence, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Phebe Foster, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1752–1826 Male
1762–1812 Female
Children (14)
1783–1784 Male
1784–1834 Male
1785–1822 Male
1786–1868 Female
1788–1790 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1723–1780 Male
1725–1820 Female
Siblings (10)
1752–1804 Male
1754–1837 Female
1755–1808 Male
1758–1836 Female
1760–1822 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 14
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 14
1789
Age 27
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Lorens, Laurence, from Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or bay trees. The name was borne by a Christian saint who was martyred at Rome in the 3rd century AD ; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German Laurenz, Polish Wawrzyniec, etc.). In Britain this is a common name from the 12th century, with pet forms such as Law , Low , Lawrie , Laurie , Larry , Larkin , all of which are represented in surnames. There was also a feminine form Laurencia which may have given rise to the English surname. The surname is also borne by Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surnames. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. German Lorenz , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Lavrenčič and Lovrenčič (patronymics from Lavrencij and Lovrenc, equivalents of Lawrence), Polish Wawrzyniak . Compare Larrance , Laurence , Lawerence , Lieurance , and Lowrance .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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