When Sara Bergen was born on 13 July 1762, in Cranbury, Cranbury Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Joris George Bergen, was 49 and her mother, Maria Probasco, was 42. She married John Hoagland on 7 April 1784, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died after 1812, and was buried in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.
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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.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New Jersey is the 3rd state.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places called Bergen.
Dutch and Flemish: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill (see Berg ), or a habitational name from any of various places so named (see Van Bergen ).
Swedish (mainly Bergén): ornamental or habitational name formed with the (placename) element berg ‘mountain, hill’ + the adjectival suffix -en/-én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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