When Sarah Blackleach was born in 1699, in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Richard Blackleach, was 18 and her mother, Sarah Wheeler, was 21. She married Capt Edward Jessup III on 7 December 1724, in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 18 November 1783, in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 84, and was buried in Colonial Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Biblical name, borne by the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. According to the Book of Genesis, she was originally called Sarai (possibly meaning ‘contentious’ in Hebrew), but had her name changed by God to the more auspicious Sarah ‘princess’ in token of a greater blessing (Genesis 17:15, ‘And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be’). This has been one of the most enduringly popular girls' names.
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