When Bethel Trowbridge was born in 1778, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel Trowbridge, was 36 and his mother, Jane Ruble, was 25. He married Rachel Scott on 21 September 1810, in Frederick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Western District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1830. He died on 10 April 1850, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Strowbridge Cemetery, Siler, Frederick, Virginia, United States.
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On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
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.
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.
English (Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire): habitational name from Trowbridge in Wiltshire, named from Old English trēow ‘tree’ + brycg ‘bridge’; the name probably referred to a felled trunk serving as a rough-and-ready bridge.
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