Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Dryden was born in 1748, in Augusta, Virginia, United States, her father, David Dryden Jr., was 40 and her mother, Hannah Noble, was 38. She married William McNabb Sr in 1769, in Augusta, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1811, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 63.
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
Name Meaning
English (Northumberland and Durham) and Scottish: habitational name from either from Dryden in Roxburghshire or Dryden near Roslin in Midlothian, perhaps named from Old English dr̄ge ‘dry’ + denu ‘valley’. The poet John Dryden (1631–1700) was born in Northamptonshire, after his ancestors had migrated there from Cumbria in the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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