When Jacob Probasco was born in 1715, in Montgomery Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, Jakob Probasco, was 33 and his mother, Anna Maria Van Leeuwen, was 30. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Catharina Follemen. He died in 1776, at the age of 61.
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"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."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Altered form, apparently under Portuguese influence, of Polish Probacki, ultimately derived from the old personal name Probat (from Latin probatus ‘having been approved/tested’). The surname Probacki is very rare in Poland.
History: Juriaen Probasco came to New Netherland (now NY) in 1654, having previously lived in Dutch Brazil (Pernambuco). The files of the Amsterdam notary Hendrick Schaef for 17 June, 1654 record that Jurrien Probatski from Breslau (Polish name Wrocław) in Poland shipped to New Netherland as a midshipman on the West India Company's ship Peartree.
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