Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Defibaugh was born on 5 February 1759, in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Johannes Caspar Dieffenbach, was 27 and her mother, Catherine Mishler MH1, was 31. She married Frederick Hill on 1 April 1779, in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 28 September 1854, in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Schellsburg Cemetery, Schellsburg, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elizabeth Hill, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Elizabeth Hill, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
- Elizabeth Hill, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
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1771
Historical Boundaries 1771: Bedford, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial Amerida 1776: Bedford, New Jersey, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Dieffenbach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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