When John Godfrey Lipe III was born on 1 September 1789, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Godfrey Lipe Jr, was 25 and his mother, Barbara Elizabeth House, was 21. He married Rachel Blackwelder on 27 November 1809, in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 16 November 1857, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Saint John's Cemetery, Witt, Montgomery, Illinois, United States.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
New Bern had been the capital of North Carolina in its early days. In 1792, the capital was moved to Raleigh because it was more the center of the state.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Americanized form of German Leib or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Lipe, a short form of Lipman .
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): Yiddishized or Germanized form of Lipa 2 or 3.
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