When Edward Case was born on 17 February 1708, in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, William Case, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Stafford, was 26. He married Susanna Carder on 24 January 1733, in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters.
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On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
English: from Middle English cass, case ‘box, chest, casket, case’ (from Latin capsa), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes or chests.
English: alternatively, a variant of Cass or Cash .
Americanized form of French Caisse .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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