When Joseph Decker was born in 1781, in Ulster, New York, United States, his father, Johannes Decker, was 40 and his mother, Anitje Hasbrouck, was 11778. He married Phebe Helme on 28 September 1803, in Blooming Grove, Blooming Grove Township, Pike, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Blooming Grove, Orange, New York, United States in 1810 and Cornwall, Orange, New York, United States in 1820. He died before 24 April 1845.
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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.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
The Town of Cornwall was founded in 1788 as New Cornwall, which was changed in 1797 to Cornwall.
German: occupational name for a roofer (thatcher, tiler, slater, or shingler) or a carpenter or builder, from an agent derivative of Middle High German decke ‘covering’, a word which was normally used to refer to roofs, but sometimes also to other sorts of covering; modern German Decke still has the twin senses ‘ceiling’ and ‘blanket’.
Dutch: variant of Dekker , cognate with 1 above. Compare De Decker .
English (London): variant of Dicker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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