When Mary ( Polly) Strawn was born on 12 April 1775, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Strawn, was 32 and her mother, Sophia Chrisholm, was 29. She married James Shaw on 7 January 1796, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. She died on 12 February 1812, in Perryopolis, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 36.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Historical Boundaries 1783: Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Probably an altered form of Strachan or Straughan ,reflecting the pronunciation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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