Brief Life History of Catharine Margaretha
When Catharine Margaretha Stapleton was born on 7 June 1721, in Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Patrick Stapleton, was 31 and her mother, Anna Maria Wigand, was 26. She married Johann Simon Derrick in 1739, in Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in New York, United States in 1721. She died on 19 May 1796, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America.
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Sources (8)
- Cath Margr Stebelton, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Catharine Margaretha Stapleton Derrick, "Find A Grave Index"
- Carh. Margr. Stebelton in entry for Johan Jacob Fuerk, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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World Events (6)
1752
Historical Boundaries 1752: Berks, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Stapleton (in Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Leicestershire, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland), all named in Old English with stapol ‘post, pillar’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The name is common in Ireland, where it has been established since medieval times in the counties of Tipperary and Kilkenny.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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