Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Cherry was born about 1775, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, her father, Aaron Cherry Jr, was 19 and her mother, Mary Phillips, was 24. She married Daniel Allen Thatcher on 5 June 1797, in Harrison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1806, in Alexandria, Campbell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Campbell, Kentucky, United States.
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- Susanna Chenny, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Susan Cherry Thatcher, "Find A Grave Index"
- Susanna Cherry, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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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.
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
English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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