Brief Life History of Petrus
When Petrus Zie was born on 20 March 1736, in Philipsburg Manor, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Sie, was 34 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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- Peter See, "Find A Grave Index"
- Petrus Sie in entry for Catriena Sie, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
- Pieter Sie, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 鐵, meaning ‘iron’ in Chinese: (i) from Tie (鐵), the name of a small ancient state (located in present-day Henan province), originally a fief granted to a royal member during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ). (ii) from other minority ethnic groups in China.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 池, see Chi 1.
English (Northamptonshire): variant of Tye . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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