When Elizabeth Tomlinson was born on 15 March 1760, in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Tomlinson, was 37 and her mother, Mary Cotton, was 16. She married Joseph Birdsong in 1776, in Sussex, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 January 1799, in Sussex, Virginia, United States, at the age of 38.
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"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)omelin (see Tomlin ) + -son ‘son of Tomlin’.
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