When Elizabeth Seaman was born on 7 June 1733, in Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Seaman, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Jane Bartow, was 27. She married Peter Parker Sr on 10 February 1757, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1808, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Tuckerton, Ocean, 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.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English: from the Middle English personal name Seman, Semon (Old English Sǣmann, composed of the elements sǣ ‘sea’ + mann ‘man’). The surname may have become confused with variants of Simon .
English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name for a sailor, from Middle English seman ‘sailor’ (Old English sǣmann), but the most common source of the name is 1.
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Seemann .
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