Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Stevens was born in 1751, in Amherst, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, James Stevens Sr., was 16 and her mother, Betheland Taliaferro, was 13. She married Ralph Jopling on 6 April 1772, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1788, in Kanawha, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 37.
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- 6 April 1772 Sarah Stevins STEVINS, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Sarah Stevins in entry for Thomas Joblin or Jopling, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
- 8 November 1874 S. Jobling in entry for Thomas Jobling, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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World Events (4)
1775
Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in Richmond Virginia.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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