When Rufus Neff was born about 1773, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, William Neff, was 35 and his mother, Mary Coburn, was 38. He married Lucy Dains about 1795, in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died about 1844, at the age of 73.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
German and Swiss German: relationship name from Middle High German neve ‘nephew’ (later rather broader in application, like cousin in English), hence probably a distinguishing name for a close relation or familiar of a prominent personage. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Naff .
Dutch: variant of Neve , cognate with 1 above.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Neffe ‘nephew’, cognate with 1 above.
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