When Elizabeth Stubbs was born on 6 May 1726, in West Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas L Stubbs, was 34 and her mother, Mary Ward, was 34. She married Martin Adams on 15 April 1757, in New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died about 1785, at the age of 60.
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In 1731, Willington, Delaware was founded. It was named after Thomas Willing the first land developer in the area. It was later renamed Wilmington.
From 1754-1763, the French and Indian War took place. The fighting that took place in the area of Delaware was in the upper Delaware River Valley. The Delaware Indians claimed independence from the Iroquois who allied with Britain. In 1755, Delaware attacked the Moravian settlement and Brodhead residence.
In 1764, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed the western boundary of Delaware. This became part of the Mason-Dixon Line.
English:
variant of Stubbe with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
perhaps occasionally a topographic name from Middle English stub(be) ‘tree stump’ + hous ‘house’, used for someone who lived in a house by a tree stump.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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