Ebenezer True

Brief Life History of Ebenezer

When Ebenezer True was born on 5 March 1807, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William True, was 30 and his mother, Susanna Lowell, was 25. He married Fanny Chase Howell on 10 April 1830, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 3 November 1894, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer True
1807–1894
Martha Stevens
1806–1863
Marriage: 28 September 1833
Cornelia Stevens True
1835–1897
William Dwight True
1838–1933
Jonathan Stevens True
1842–1887

Sources (56)

  • Ebenezer True, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ebenezer True, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Ebenezer True, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1820

Maine is the 23rd state.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Trow .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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