Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Ridgeway was born in 1750, in Talbot, Maryland, United States as the daughter of John Ridgaway and Mabel Sherwood. She married Doctor William Ennalls Hooper in 1771, in Talbot, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1798, at the age of 48.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Maryland is the 7th state.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rig(g)ewei ‘ridgeway’ (Old English hrycgweg). The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived beside a ridgeway, or habitational, signifying someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, for example Ridgeway (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Somerset, Staffordshire) and Rudgeway (Gloucestershire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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