Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Heistand was born in 1758, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, her father, Peter Heistand, was 20 and her mother, Barbara, was 34. She married Andrew Huffman on 22 May 1792, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. She died on 23 May 1792, at the age of 34.
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- Mary Heasland, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Mary Heasland, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
- Mary Hiestant in entry for Andrew Hoofman, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
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World Events (7)
1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
Name Meaning
German: probably a topographic name from Middle High German hou ‘tree felling unit in a forest’ + stand ‘seat, place, location’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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