Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Stebbins was born on 8 August 1774, in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Benjamin Stebbins, was 30 and his mother, Mercy Aikens, was 23. He married Elizabeth Rider on 7 July 1829, in Marion, Ohio, United States. He died on 30 June 1869, in Colon, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States, at the age of 94.
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- Benjamin Stebbins, "United States Census, 1850"
- Benjamin Stebbins, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954", Birth
- Benjamin Stibbens, "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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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