When Susannah Pyle was born on 3 December 1718, in Bethel Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Daniel Pyle, was 24 and her mother, Mary Chamberlain, was 20. She married John Griest on 18 September 1736, in York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 15 May 1776, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 57.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
English: from Middle English pile ‘stake, post’ (via Old English from Latin pilum ‘spike, javelin’), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a stake or post serving as a landmark, or sometimes perhaps a nickname for a tall thin person.
Americanized form of Dutch Pijl: metonymic occupational name for a marksman or an arrowsmith, from pijl ‘arrow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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