Brief Life History of John
When John Zane was born on 9 October 1740, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Zane, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Elfreth, was 30. He married Sarah Pemberton before 1775, in British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 16 January 1808, at the age of 67, and was buried in Friends Arch Street Meeting House Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Zane, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- John Zane, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Zane, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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
English (Devon): apparently a nickname from Middle English seine ‘cured, healed’, with West Country voicing of the initial fricative consonant.
Italian (Venice and Mantua): from a variant of the Venetian personal name Z(u)an(n)i ‘John’ (see Zanni ).
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Zahn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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