Brief Life History of Eunice
When Eunice Creesey was born about 1709, in Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States, her father, John Cresse, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Perego, was 36. She married Job Somers on 2 January 1732, in Gloucester, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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- Eunice Creesey, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- NEW JERSEY CALENDAR OF WILLS 1670- 1730 Cape May Genealogy
- Eunice Creesey, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
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1775
During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the "Ten Crucial Days" and remembered by the famous phrase "the times that try men's souls". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire, or Norman origin): habitational name from Cressy in Seine-Maritime, France (see Cressy ).
Possibly an Americanized form of any of the German names mentioned at Creasy .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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