Brief Life History of Martin
When Martin Trapp was born in 1725, in Orange, Virginia, United States, his father, Martin Trapp, was 25 and his mother, Mary Buehler, was 22. He had at least 1 son with Mary Wilson. He died in 1797, in Dover, Lafayette, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72.
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- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Martin Trap, "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"
- North Carolina, Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1776-1783
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1758 · Mount Vernon
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.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
Name Meaning
English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English trappe ‘trap, gin, snare’ (Old English træppe), probably for someone who trapped wild animals or fish. See also Train , Trainer .
German: nickname for a simpleton, from Middle High German trappe ‘naïve person, wretch’.
North German: topographic name for someone living by a step-like feature in the terrain, from Middle Low German treppe, trappe ‘step’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Martin Trapp Sr.
Martin Trapp Sr. was born about 1750 in Orange County, Virginia Colony he was married to the widow, Mrs, Mary Terry. Together they had five known children: Margaret (aka Peggy) Trapp, married John Fa …
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