When Hannah Vanhusen was born about 1762, her father, Richard Vanhusen, was 27 and her mother, Mrs. Hannah Vanhusen, was 24. She married Samuel Wheeler about 1780, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Biblical name, borne by the mother of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2), Hebrew Hanna. It is derived from a Hebrew word meaning ‘He (i.e. God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child)’. See also Anne . This form of the name was taken up as a given name by the Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries and remained popular until the late 19th century. Thereafter it fell somewhat from favour but has enjoyed a massive revival since the 1990s.
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