Brief Life History of Elizabeth Sarah
When Elizabeth Sarah Stratton was born on 1 May 1772, in Evesham Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, her father, David Stratton, was 25 and her mother, Rebecca Owen, was 23. She married Moses Lippincott on 9 February 1797, in Mount Holly, Lumberton Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 28 January 1810, in Concord, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 37.
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- Sarah Stratton, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Unknown in entry for Eli. Lippincott, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"
- Sarah Stratton, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
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1775
"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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 Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Stratton or Stretton, almost all named with Old English strǣt ‘paved road, Roman road’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Stratton in Cornwall, which may also be a partial source of the surname, probably has as its first element Cornish stras ‘valley’.
English: variant of Sturton, a habitational name from Sturton le Steeple (Nottinghamshire), Great Sturton (Lincolnshire), Sturton by Stow (Lincolnshire), or possibly Sturton (Northumberland), all of which placenames share the same etymology and early spellings as 1 above.
Scottish: habitational name from Straiton (Ayrshire), Straiton in Liberton (Midlothian), or South Straiton in Logie (Fife), all named with Old English strǣt ‘street, Roman road’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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