When Hannah Atkinson was born on 20 June 1748, in New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Atkinson Sr, was 45 and her mother, Hannah Doddridge, was 40. She married Joseph Hankinson on 3 April 1770, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 7 February 1833, at the age of 84, and was buried in Readington, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.
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"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
English (northern): patronymic from the personal name Atkin or Adkin, pet forms of Adam.
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