Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Harder was born in 1782, in Claverack, Columbia, New York, United States, her father, Jacob Herder, was 25 and her mother, Rebecca Bogardus, was 25. She married Derick Van Deusen on 17 March 1800. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1861, at the age of 79.
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- Rebecca M Van Deusen in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s
- Rebecca Herder in entry for Robert Van Deusen, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
- Rebecca Herder in entry for James Van Deusen, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786
Historical Boundaries 1786: Columbia, New York, United States
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from an agent noun derived from Middle English hardenen ‘to make hard’ (Old English heardian), denoting a hardener of metals (used by Chaucer) and elsewhere a baker who hardened dough with heat.
North German and Danish: from the ancient Germanic personal name Harther, composed of the elements hard ‘strong, hard’+ heri ‘army’.
South German: topographic name from Middle High German hart ‘woodland used as pasture’, or a habitational name for someone from any of the places called with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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