Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Stegers was born in 1708, in Pequannock Township, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Dirk Stegers, was 42 and her mother, Leah H Seifert Lash, was 38. She married Jacob Van der Hoeve on 1 April 1727, in Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 6 March 1814, in New Jersey, United States, at the age of 106.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Stegers - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Elisabet Stegers
- Elisabet Stegers in entry for Saertje Van Der Hoev, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
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Children (7)
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1739
Historical Boundaries 1739: Morris, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Morris, New Jersey, United States
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.
Name Meaning
Alternatively, perhaps an altered form of Dutch Stijgers or Flemish Stygers (see Stiger 2).
Probably an altered form of Stiger , a surname of German or Dutch origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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