Rebecca Plumer

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Plumer was christened on 4 March 1753, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Sylvanus Plumer, was 32 and her mother, Rebecca, was 24. She married Moses Davis on 6 March 1773, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 20 February 1803, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Davis
1751–1842
Rebecca Plumer
1753–1803
Marriage: 6 March 1773
Moses Davis
1773–1860
Jonathan Green Davis
1775–1791
Polly Davis
1777–
Nathan Davis
1779–
Samuel Davis
1781–1799
Sarah Davis
1783–1875
Esther Davis
1785–
Lydia Davis
1787–1864
Nancy Davis
1789–1831
Nancy Davis
1789–1860
John Davis
1793–1794
Thomas Davis
1795–1853

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  • Rebeckah Plumer, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Rebekah Plumer Davis, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Rebecca in entry for Sarah Davis, "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924"

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1776

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

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Plum 1, the suffix -er denoting habitation or occupation.

English: occupational name for a dealer in feathers and quills, from an agent derivative of Middle English plume ‘feather, plume’.

English: variant of Plummer 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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