When Anne Cowell was born about 1757, her father, Matthias Cowell, was 25 and her mother, Margaret Housel, was 21. She married Thomas Opdycke in 1777, in Locktown, Delaware Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 12 January 1830, in Locktown, Delaware Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lambertville, 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.
New Jersey is the 3rd state.
Irish and Manx: shortened form of McCawell, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’). Compare Caulfield . Alternatively, a shortened form of Gaelic Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill ‘son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal’. Compare Cool .
Irish: shortened form of McCool .
English: habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, from Old English cū ‘cow’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from Cowleigh Park in Worcestershire. The modern pronunciation rhymes with trowell.
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