Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Warner was born on 3 April 1737, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Warner, was 28 and her mother, Keziah Brown, was 28. She married William Dexter about 1756, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 17 September 1826, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Phebe Warner, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Phebe Dexter, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Phebe Dexter Winsor, "Find A Grave Index"
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1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements war(in) ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Warnier (Old French Garnier). Compare Garner and Werner .
English (of Norman origin): shortened form of Warrener (see Warren 2).
Irish (Cork): when this is not the Anglo-Norman name (see above), an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane ), found in medieval records as Iwarrynane, from a genitive or plural form of the name, in which m is lenited.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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