Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Onderdonk was born before 4 April 1742, in New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Isaac Onderdonk, was 26 and her mother, Antie Reyersen, was 11739. She married Abraham Brinkerhoff about 1763, in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 10 November 1824.
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- Sarah Onderdonck, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Sarah Onderdonk in entry for Maria Thorne, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Legacy NFS Source: Saara Onderdonck - Published information: christening: 17 June 1727;
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
Name Meaning
Flemish and Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Onderdonck, a topographic name composed of onder ‘below, under, lower’ + donk ‘small hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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