Brief Life History of Philo Slocum
When Philo Slocum Newton was born on 29 March 1811, in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Daniel Newton, was 34 and his mother, Lucy Maynard, was 28. He married Elizabeth Anne Pelton on 1 December 1841, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870. He died on 2 May 1891, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Philo S Newton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Philo S. Newton, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Philo Slocum Newton, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1829 · Farmington Canal Opened
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
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 and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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