Brief Life History of Phebe M
When Phebe M Hawkins was born on 17 April 1818, in Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States, her father, Elihu Hawkins, was 23 and her mother, Abigail M. Tuthill, was 20. She married William Rock Smith about 1837, in Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1880 and Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1900. She died on 12 June 1905, in Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States.
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- Phebe Smith in household of William Smith, "United States Census, 1880"
- Phoebe Smith, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Phebe Smith in household of Wm Smith, "New York State Census, 1865"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hawkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: habitational name, with excrescent -s, from Hawkinge (Kent). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Heafoc or Old English heafoc ‘hawk’ + the placename forming suffix -ing. This name has been assimilated to the patronymic surname in Devon from Sir John Hawkyns (1532–95), victor against the Spanish Armada (1588), who was a member of the Devon family of Hawkins, a branch of a Kentish family from the village of Hawkinge. They held land in Plymouth as long ago as 1480.
Irish: variant of Haughn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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