When Phebe Jane Walton was born on 13 March 1775, in Amwell Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Amos Walton, was 24 and her mother, Marcy Lacock, was 16. She married Caleb Ball on 5 April 1792, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Worth Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 13 September 1864, in Rush, Indiana, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Knightstown MM, Henry, Indiana, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Historical Boundaries: 1781: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
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.
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Walton, which are named with Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala), wald ‘woodland’, wall ‘wall’, or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
History: George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward County, VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Phebe Walton died at the home of her son Jonathan. The complete file of Caleb Ball’s service in the Wat of 1812 was obtained from the National Archives, 7th and Pennsylvania Street Washington DC in M …
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