Brief Life History of Rebeckah
When Rebeckah Kidder was born on 9 August 1753, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Capt Enoch Kidder Jr, was 55 and her mother, Sarah Davis, was 44. She married Pvt Winslow Phelps on 1 July 1781, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 21 November 1830, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Long Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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- Rebecca Kidder, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Rebeckah Kidder, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Rebecca Kidder Phelps, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
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.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Kidgier, an occupational name, probably from an assibilated form of Middle English kiddier ‘pedlar’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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