Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Robinson was born about 1759, in Columbia, Herkimer, New York, United States as the daughter of Burningham and Susey. She married Thomas Bromaghim on 3 February 1780. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 1 August 1858, at the age of 100.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Robinson - death:
- Elizabeth in entry for Thomas Burningham, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Robinson -
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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