Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Stebbins was born in 1778, in Vernon, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Elijah Stebbins, was 27 and her mother, Beulah Dickinson, was 24. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Zadock Wright. She died on 8 April 1841, in her hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Vernon, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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- Mary Stebbins, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Mary Stebbins Wright, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Wright in entry for Buelah M Wright Burrows, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Essex): habitational name from Stebbing (Essex). The placename means ‘the people of a man called Stybba’ or ‘the people of the tree stumps’, from an Old English personal name Stybba or Old English stybb ‘tree stump’ + the groupname suffix -ingas.
History: Edward Stebbins was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mary died Apr. 8, 1841, aged 63 years. Zadoc Wright, her husband, died Sept. 14, 1839, aged 70 years, children: Ahimaz, Osmond, and Beulah Minerva, who married Col. J. F. Burrows of Bernardston, Mass. …
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