Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Molleson was born in 1727, in Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, John Molleson Jr. II, was 27 and his mother, Kezia Blackford, was 24. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Fitz Randolph. He died on 25 August 1798, in Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 71.
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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.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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Scottish: metronymic from the female personal name Mille, aderivative of Old English milde ‘mild, gentle’. Compare Melson .
History: Sander (Alexander) Milleson was one of 150 Scottish prisonerscaptured in the English Civil War and brought to Boston as anindentured servant in 1652 aboard the John and Sara.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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