Rebeckah Hill

1783–1873 (Age 89)
Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

The Life of Rebeckah

When Rebeckah Hill was born on 21 August 1783, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, her father, John Hill, was 34 and her mother, Priscilla Wilbur, was 28. She married Samuel W Austin on 18 April 1801, in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 12 January 1873, in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Rockland Cemetery, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rebeckah Hill
1783–1873
Samuel W Austin
1777–1863
Marriage: 18 April 1801
Arnold Austin
1802–1883
Alcy (Alsie) Austin
1806–1878
Sophia Austin
1810–1865
William Olden Austin
1813–1893
Allen Austin
1816–1886
Olney Hill Austin
1819–1909
Samuel Wilbur Austin
1822–1898
Joseph Orrin Austin
1824–1898
Susan Marietta Austin
1827–1915

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
18 April 1801
Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
children

(9)

  • Arnold Austin

    Male1802–1883Male

  • Alcy (Alsie) Austin

    Female1806–1878Female

  • Sophia Austin

    Female1810–1865Female

  • William Olden Austin

    Male1813–1893Male

  • Allen Austin

    Male1816–1886Male

+4 More Children

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(6)

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Age 3

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1790 · 13th State

Age 7

On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original 13 colonies to become a state.
1808

Age 25

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

1 English and Scottish: extremely common and widely distributed topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, Middle English hill (Old English hyll).2 English: from the medieval personal name Hill, a short form of Hilary ( see Hillary ) or of a Germanic (male or female) compound name with the first element hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’.3 German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing Germanic hild as the first element.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Rebeca Austin in entry for Arnold Austin, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
  • Rebecca in entry for Arnold Austin and Elizabeth Eddy, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
  • Rebecca in entry for Samuel W Austin, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"

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