Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Whittemore was born on 9 June 1741, in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Whittemore, was 47 and her mother, Anne Slate, was 31. She married Gen. James Dana on 27 November 1759, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 September 1819, in Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Elizabeth Wittemore, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Elizabeth Whittemore, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Elizabeth Whittemore, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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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.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English (Bedfordshire): variant of Whitmore .
History: Thomas Whittemore came from England to Charlestown, MA, in or c. 1639. Amos Whittemore, born in Cambridge, MA, in 1759 was an inventor and gunsmith, and another Thomas Whittemore was born in Boston in 1800; he was a Universalist clergyman and MA legislator.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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