Brief Life History of Andreas Johann
When Andreas Johann Shimp was born on 18 February 1767, in Salem, New Jersey, United States, his father, Johannes Adam Schimpf, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Weickert, was 39. He married Hanna Heft about 1788, in New Jersey, United States. He died on 20 March 1830, in his hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Friesburg, Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States.
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- Andreas Schimp, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
- Andrew Johann Shimp, "Find A Grave Index"
- Andrew Shrimp in entry for John Shrimp, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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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
Perhaps an Americanized form of German Schimpp, a variant of Schimpf .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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