Brief Life History of Dorcas Elizabeth
When Dorcas Elizabeth Chitty was born on 11 February 1775, in Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, her father, Benjamin Chitty Jr., was 31 and her mother, Mary Padget, was 28. She married David Peter on 26 August 1799, in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 22 August 1806, in Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.
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- Dorcas Chitty, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Dorcas Chitty, "Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976"
- Dorcas Chitty in entry for David Peter, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Per Wiki: The city of Winston-Salem is a product of the merging of the two neighboring towns of Winston and Salem in 1913.
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 (southeastern): habitational name from a place called Chitty in the parish of Chislet, Kent, named from an Old English personal name Citta + ēg ‘island, dry ground in marsh’.
Possibly an Americanized form of German Schütte (see Schutte ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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