Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Opdycke was born in June 1777, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, her father, Samuel Opdycke, was 28 and her mother, Susannah Robertson, was 24. She married Daniel La Tourette in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 13 March 1832, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Bound Brook Cemetery, Bound Brook Borough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
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- Hannah Opdycke La Tourrette, "Find A Grave Index"
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1780
Sometimes referred to as the "forgotten victory", the Battle of Springfield was one of the last major battles fought in the north during the Revolutionary War. The British defeat effectively ended their ambitions to reclaim New Jersey. Washington praised the New Jersey Militia for their universal effort and great spirit
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.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Opdijk, itself a fused (and shortened) variant of Op Dijk or Op de Dijk: topographic name for someone who lived ‘on (the) dike’, from Middle Dutch op ‘up, on’ + dike ‘dike’ (see Van Dijk ). The surname Opdijk or Op Dijk is no longer found in the Netherlands. Compare Opdyke , Updike , and Updyke .
History: Gijsbert Opdijk (also Gysbert Opdycke) was born in Wesel, Germany, in 1605 and arrived in New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) before 1638. He was an officer of the Dutch West India Company and the Commander of Fort Goede Hoop (now Hartford, CT) in the 1640s. He was the ancestor of the American writer John Updike.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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