When Abraham A DeVoe was born in 1767, in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, his father, Abraham De Vaux, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Parcell, was 35. He married Margaret Stingham in 1791, in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in New Barbadoes Township, Bergen, New Jersey, United States for about 25 years.
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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."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Americanized form of French Devaux or Deveau .
English (Middlesex): variant of Devo, itself a variant of Defoe in any of the possible senses and thus a possible cognate of 1 above and 3 below.
Americanized form of Swiss French Thévoz (see Defoe 1).
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