Susanna Head

Brief Life History of Susanna

When Susanna Head was born in 1734, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Head, was 46 and her mother, Rebecca Mace, was 46. She married Paul Kripner on 9 November 1762, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. She died in November 1793, in her hometown, at the age of 59, and was buried in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Paul Kripner
1696–1776
Susanna Head
1734–1793
Marriage: 9 November 1762

Sources (4)

  • Susannah Kribner, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
  • Deed: Philadelphia. Deed Books 1825
  • Paul Kripner in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681

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World Events (4)

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.

1780

Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English heved, hed ‘head’ (Old English hēafod), applied as a nickname for someone with a peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or else used as a topographic name for someone who lived at the top (‘head’) of a promontory or hill, or near the source of a stream or river or the head of a valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.

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

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