Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen
When Sarah Ellen Edwards was born on 28 March 1745, in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Thomas Edwards, was 26 and her mother, Rebecca Naylor, was 22. She married Deacon Joseph Lyman on 9 April 1767, in Five Mile Tract, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 2 April 1814, in Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- Sarah Edwards Birth
- Sarah Lyman, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Sarah Lyman, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
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 and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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