When Jemima Threewitts was born about 1752, in Virginia, United States, her father, Peter Threewits, was 33 and her mother, Amy Bobbitt, was 35. She married Anderson Sturdivant about 1772. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters.
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Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Biblical name (meaning ‘dove’ or ‘bright as day’ in Hebrew), borne by the eldest of the daughters of Job, born to him towards the end of his life when his prosperity had been restored (Job 42:14). The name is recorded from the early 1700s in England, and became common in the first part of the 19th century. It has continued in modest use since then.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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