When Petrus Zie was born on 20 March 1736, in Philipsburg Manor, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Sie, was 33 and his mother, Eva Foshay, was 22. He married Sophia DeRevere on 7 June 1765, in Tarrytown, Greenburgh, Westchester, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 18 October 1806, in Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Old Dutch Burial Ground, North Tarrytown, Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Some characteristic forenames: German Helmut, Hermann, Kurt, Reinholdt.
German: topographic name from a field name meaning ‘boundary’ (Middle High German zil).
German: possibly from a Germanized form of a Slavic word meaning ‘cabbage’ (Old Slavic zelъje). Alternatively, from a short form of the Old Slavic personal name Zelislav.
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