When Pvt. Henry Frazee was born in 1746, in Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Ephraim Frazee Jr, was 46 and his mother, Mary DeMoney, was 38. He married Sarah Maxwell on 25 August 1768, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in December 1794, at the age of 48, and was buried in Scotch Plains Township, Union, 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.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Americanized form of a German name, probably Freese , Frese , or Froese .
Altered form of Scottish Fraser or Frazer .
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