When Brigadier General Isaac Zane was born on 26 April 1743, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Isaac Zane, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Elfreth, was 30. He married Elizabeth " Betsy" McFarland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 17 August 1795, in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Frederick, Virginia, United States.
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Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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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