When Rebecca Wellman was born in 1790, in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, United States, her father, Abraham Wellman, was 28 and her mother, Rebecca Pearson, was 28. She married Russel Taylor Braley on 4 July 1806, in Belgrade, Kennebec, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died before 1832, in her hometown.
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After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.
Historical Boundaries: 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States
English: topographic name from Middle English wel(le) ‘spring, well, stream’ + man ‘man’, for someone who lived by such a place.
English: variant of Willman .
Americanized form of German Wellmann .
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