When Hannah Stillwell was born on 27 May 1738, in Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States, her father, Nicholas Stillwell, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Hand, was 20. She married Remington Corson on 17 January 1759, in Cape May, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1780, in Cape May, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 42.
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"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."
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English: habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, probably in Surrey. The placename derives from Middle English stighel, stile ‘stile’ + welle ‘well, spring, stream’. Compare Stile .
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