Lucy Stebbins

Brief Life History of Lucy

Lucy Stebbins was born about 1765, in Chester, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. She married Lt. Gideon Southworth about 1789, in Chester, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 12 November 1848, at the age of 84.

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Lt. Gideon Southworth
1750–1814
Lucy Stebbins
1765–1848
Marriage: about 1789
Lucy Ann Southworth
1803–1889
Asael Southworth
1814–
Emeline Southworth
1806–1870
Benoni Southworth
1806–1870
Andrew Southworth
1810–
Catharine Southworth
1811–1902

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    World Events (8)

    1776

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1785

    DLESEX COUNTY was incorporated by an act of the Legislature passed at the May session, 1785, and at that time consisted of six towns. Of these, Mifldletown, Chatham, Haddam, and East Haddam were taken from the county of Hartford, and Saybrook and Killingworth from New London coun

    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

    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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