Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Lee was born on 28 November 1780, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Francis Lee, was 31 and his mother, Jane Alexander, was 32. He married Rhoda Murphy on 22 May 1805, in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Maurice River, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States in 1850. He died on 2 November 1855, in Port Elizabeth, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Port Elizabeth, Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.
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- Thomas Lee, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Lee, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"
- Thomas Lee in entry for Isaac T. Osterhout and Elizabeth C Lee, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1785
Historical Boundaries: 1785: Maurice River Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS LEE by Francis Bazley Lee
Attracted to Port Elizabeth by the presence of his elder brother [James Alexander Lee], Thomas Lee, about 1798, came to Cumberland County [New Jersey] from his father’s Chester County [Pennsylvania] h …
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