When Mary Magdelena Dilts was born on 12 February 1767, in Lebanon, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, her father, William Dilts or Diltz, was 12 and her mother, Marguerite or Margrit Hector, was 35. She married Joseph Shoup. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 26 September 1821, in Delaware, Ohio, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Bokes Creek Cemetery, Millville, Delaware, Ohio, 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 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.
Altered form of German Dils and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding and cognate) surname, such as Dilz (see Diltz 1). Compare Diltz 2.
History: The (majority of the) Dilts family trace their origin to the brothers Wilhelm and Johann Peter Dils (also Dilss) from Urbach, Germany, who settled with their families in NJ in the first half of the 18th century.
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