Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Folwell was born about 1710, in New Hanover Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, her father, Nathan Folwell, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Middleton, was 36. She married Stephen Wright on 7 November 1734, in Chesterfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died about 1742, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Hanover Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States.
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1720
Civil History 1720: Mentioned in Hunterdon County as Whippenng 1738: Referred to as Hanover Township 1740: Became part of Morris County 1798: Incorporated as Hanover Township
1723
Historical Boundaries: 1723: Burlington, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Burlington, New Jersey, United States
1739
Historical Boundaries 1739: Morris, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Morris, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Folleville, Somme in northern France. The placename Ashby Folville in Leicestershire derives its affix from the de Folevill family who held the manor from the 12th to 14th centuries.
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