When Nellie Snedeker was born on 30 September 1737, in New York, United States, her father, Theodorus Snedeker, was 32 and her mother, Dirckje Van Vliet, was 27. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with David Brouwer. She died in 1844, in her hometown, at the age of 107.
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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.
Altered form, under American Dutch influence in New Netherland, of North German Schnitker or Schnittker ‘joiner, woodcarver’, or perhaps of its Danish cognate Snedker ‘carpenter’.
History: Jan Gerritsz Snedeker, born in Oldenburg, Germany, arrived in New Netherland from Sloten, Amsterdam, around 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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