Brief Life History of Abraham A
When Abraham A DeVoe was born in 1767, in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, his father, Abraham De Veaux, was 32 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 died in 1868, at the age of 101.
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- Abraham Devoe, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Abram Devoe in entry for Abram Devoe, "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988"
- Abraham Dedoe, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
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1775
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.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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