Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Axtell was born on 9 June 1819, in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States, her father, John Axtell, was 40 and her mother, Rebeckah Waite, was 36. She died on 17 March 1861, at the age of 41.
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- Rebecca Axtell, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
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1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Asketill, from Old Norse Ásketill, composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + ketill ‘sacrificial cauldron, helmet’ (see also Haskell ). This name was in use both among Scandinavian settlers in eastern England (esp. Norfolk) and among the Normans.
nickname for a salt merchant or seller of salt, from Middle English hakke-salt ‘chop salt (into pieces)’. The development of the surname to Axtel is evidenced in 16th-century Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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