Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Myer was born on 5 November 1752. She married Eder Vermeulen on 26 October 1769. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 1 September 1831, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Vermeule Family Burial Ground, North Plainfield Borough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
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- Elizabeth Vermeule, "Find A Grave Index"
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1775
"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."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English, of Norman French origin: occupational name from Old French mire ‘physician’ (Latinized as medicus). Compare Mayer and Mee .
English: topographic name from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr), denoting a person who lived at or near a marsh.
Americanized form of German Meyer , Mayer , or Maier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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