When Rebecca Hedges was born about 1750, in Frederick, Beaufort, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Jonas Hedges, was 35 and her mother, Angelitje Agnes Powelson, was 31. She married Samuel or William Roberts about 1769, in Berkeley, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 4 June 1826, in Berkeley, Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Johnson-Sutherland Cemetery, West Dante, Dante, Dickenson, Virginia, United States.
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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.
Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.
On October 25, 1774, the Edenton Tea Party took place. It was the first organized women's protest. They put their cups down and refused to buy any tea.
English: variant of Hedge , from the plural or, with excrescent -s.
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