Brief Life History of Tabitha
When Tabitha Norwood was born about 1770, in Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Norwood, was 73 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Smith, was 61. She married Uriah Smith in 1786, in Halifax, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1829, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 60.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Tabitha Norwood - Church record: birth-name: Tabitha Norwood
- Tabitha Norwood Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: Tabitha Norwood -
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1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
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: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Northwood or Norwood, such as Northwood in Essex, Middlesex, Isle of Wight, Norwood in Middlesex and Surrey, or Northwood Farm in Okehampton and Northwood Farm in Morchard Bishop, both in Devon. The placenames mean ‘north or northern wood’, from Old English north ‘north, northern’ + wudu ‘wood’ or Middle English north + wode. Compare Norrod .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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