When Hans Bernhardt Messerschmidt was born in 1732, in Ofterdingen, Rottenburg, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Andreas Messerschmidt, was 24 and his mother, Anna Maria Hayes, was 27. He died after 1815, in Wythe, Virginia, United States.
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Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Some characteristic forenames: German Ewald, Franz, Frieda, Hans, Kurt, Rudi.
German: occupational name for a cutler, from Middle High German mezzer ‘knife’ + smit ‘smith’. See also Messer 1.
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