Deborah Foote

Brief Life History of Deborah

When Deborah Foote was born about 1751, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ephraim Foote II, was 36 and her mother, Margaret Smith, was 39. She had at least 1 daughter with Benjamin Crippen. She died on 17 June 1831, in United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Old New Britain Cemetery, New Britain, Columbia, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Crippen
1746–1813
Deborah Foote
1751–1831
Catherine Crippen
1787–

Sources (1)

  • Deborah Crippen, "Find a Grave Index"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.

English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.

English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.

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

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