When Elisabeth J Griffith was born in 1772, in Willistown Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Nathan Griffith, was 48 and her mother, Rachael Williamson, was 45. She married Mordecai Yarnall in 1792, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wilmington Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 October 1828, in New Castle, Delaware, United States, at the age of 56.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge took place on September 3, 1777. It was a battle between the Continental Army, American militia and German soldiers fighting with Britain. On the US side, twenty were killed and twenty were wounded. For Britain, three to thirty were killed and twenty to thirty were wounded. The battle was a British victory when they pushed the Americans back across the bridge.
Delaware was the first state to ratify the federal Constitution -- December 7, 1787, becoming the first state in the Union
Welsh (Carmarthenshire and western England): from the Old Welsh personal name Gruffudd, Old Welsh Grip(p)iud, composed of the elements grip, of uncertain significance, + iud ‘chief, lord’.
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