When Hannah Marsh was born about 1759, in New Jersey, United States, her father, Charles Marsh, was 41 and her mother, Esther Cutter, was 41. She married Kelsey Cutter on 22 May 1777, in Morristown, Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 8 January 1830, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 72, and was buried in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, 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.
Sometimes referred to as the "forgotten victory", the Battle of Springfield was one of the last major battles fought in the north during the Revolutionary War. The British defeat effectively ended their ambitions to reclaim New Jersey. Washington praised the New Jersey Militia for their universal effort and great spirit
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
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