Brief Life History of Mary J
When Mary J Bowell was born on 29 June 1743, in Burlington Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, her father, William Bowell, was 44 and her mother, Ann Roberts, was 29. She married Zadock Springer in 1769, in Frederick, Virginia, United States. She died on 7 November 1829, in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mary Springer, "Find A Grave Index"
- The Springer Homestead, and Its Family: Their Place and Part in History
- The Springer Families from Adam to Present
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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.
1783
Historical Boundaries 1783: Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Bouelles in Seine-Maritime, France, so named with Old Norman French boelle ‘enclosure, dwelling’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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