Mary Smith

Female19 June 1746–

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Smith was born on 19 June 1746, in New Castle, Delaware, British Colonial America, her father, Peter Smith, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Vandever, was 21. She married Peter Woolburgh on 1 September 1773, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States in 1746.

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Family Time Line

Peter Woolburgh
1742–
Mary Smith
1746–
Marriage: 1 September 1773
Elizabeth Woolbaugh
1776–

Sources (22)

  • Mary Smidt, "Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896"
  • Mary Smidt, "Delaware Marriages and Marriage Licenses, 1683-1894"
  • Mary Smidt, "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 September 1773Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

    • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1775

    Age 29

    When the American Revolution began in 1775, the people of Delaware were not sure they wanted to split from England. When it came time to vote for the Declaration of Independence in 1776, even the delegates were split with two delegates in favor of independence and one against. The night before the vote, Caesar Rodney, who was for independence, was in the city of Dover. When he learned that the vote was taking place, he rode 70 miles at night through a thunderstorm to Philadelphia in order to vote so that Delaware would join the other colonies in declaring independence.

    1776

    Age 30

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1777 · Battle of Cooch's Bridge

    Age 31

    The Battle of Cooch's Bridge took place on September 3, 1777. It was a battle between the Continental Army, American militia and German soldiers fighting with Britain. On the US side, twenty were killed and twenty were wounded. For Britain, three to thirty were killed and twenty to thirty were wounded. The battle was a British victory when they pushed the Americans back across the bridge.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal, especially iron, such as a blacksmith or farrier, from Middle English smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Early examples are also found in the Latin form Faber . Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is also the most frequent of all surnames in the US. It is very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below). This surname (in any of the two possible English senses; see also below) is also found in Haiti. See also Smither .

    English: from Middle English smithe ‘smithy, forge’ (Old English smiththe). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived in or by a blacksmith's shop, occupational, for someone who worked in one, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Smitha in King's Nympton (Devon). Compare Smithey .

    Irish and Scottish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac Gobhann, Irish Mac Gabhann ‘son of the smith’. See McGowan .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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