Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Blackburn was born in 1767, in Warrington Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Moses Blackburn, was 21 and her mother, Mary McGrew, was 19. She married Obediah Underwood Sr. in 1785, in Newberry Monthly Meeting, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 15 September 1842, in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Glyde, North Bethlehem Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- 1840 United States Federal Census
- Nancy Underwood, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- The Underwood Family (1979 Edition) by Rolland and Nelle Bentz, Canton, Ohio; FHL film #1307514, item #38
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781
Historical Boundaries: 1781: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
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: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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