Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Phelps was born on 6 March 1797, in Limerick, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States, her father, Benjamin Phelps, was 34 and her mother, Jemima Leach, was 28. She married Ebenezer Allison in 1814, in Brownville, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1875. She died on 14 February 1880, in Brownville, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Dexter, Brownville, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Phebie Allison, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Phebe Phelps Allison, "Find A Grave Index"
- Phebe Allison, "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975"
Spouse and Children
1789–1871 Male
1797–1880 Female
Children (12)
1817–1887 Female
1818–1826 Male
1820–1890 Female
1822–1914 Female
1824–1855 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1763–1837 Male
1769– Female
Siblings (7)
1794– Male
1795–1885 Male
1797–1880 Female
1799– Female
1800– Female
+2 More Children
World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 3
1805
Age 8
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 22
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .
History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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