Susanna Mansfield

Brief Life History of Susanna

When Susanna Mansfield was born on 23 September 1756, in Newhaven Towne, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathan Mansfield, was 37 and her mother, Deborah Dayton, was 32. She married Major Lines on 12 August 1775, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 2 August 1824, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Major Lines
1747–1814
Susanna Mansfield
1756–1824
Marriage: 12 August 1775
Stephen Lines
1777–1816
Charles Burrill Lines
1779–1833
William Lines
1781–1822
Elizabeth Lines
1783–1852
Julia Lines
1783–1852
Susanna Lines
1785–1871
Mary Lines
1788–1854
Frances Lines
1790–1869
Major Lines Jr.
1792–1870

Sources (2)

  • Susanna Lines, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Susanna Mansfield Lines, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place so named in Nottinghamshire. The placename means ‘open land by the river Maun’, from the river name Maun (which may take its name from a hill named with Old English mamme ‘teat’) + Old English feld ‘open country’.

Irish (Waterford): when not an importation of 1, this is an altered form of the Norman name de Manville (see Mandeville 3).

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Mansfeld, a habitational name from a place so called in Saxony.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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