Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Ashbridge was born on 11 October 1764, in East Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Ashbridge, was 32 and her mother, Rebecca Garrett, was 32. She married Samuel R Downing on 28 October 1790, in Goshen MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 4 December 1844, in Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Jane Ashbridge Jr, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Jane Ashbridge, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Jane Ashbridge Downing, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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 a much altered form of the placename Askrigg in North Yorkshire, derived from Old Norse askr (Old English æsc) ‘ash tree’ + Old English hrycg ‘ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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