When Margaret Wiltsie was born on 17 December 1738, in Jamaica, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Marten Hendrickse Wiltse, was 31 and her mother, Jannetje Jacobse Suydam, was 33. She married John Smith on 13 January 1758, in Rumbout, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 20 December 1818, in Halfmoon, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Halfmoon, Saratoga, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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Americanized form of Dutch Wiltse .
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