When Elizabeth Albertson was born on 7 February 1774, in Warren, New Jersey, United States, her father, Thomas Newman Jr., was 44 and her mother, Rebecca Giles, was 33. She married Henry Silverthorn on 5 October 1800, in Sussex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 18 September 1849, in Hope, Hope Township, Warren, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hope, Hope Township, Warren, New Jersey, United States.
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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.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Albertsson: patronymic from the personal name Albert .
Americanized form of North German, Norwegian, and Danish Albertsen , a cognate of 1 above.
English: patronymic, perhaps from the Middle English personal name Albert , but the distribution (Durham, London) suggests continental origin involving cognate elements (compare 1 above). Compare also Alberson .
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