Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Ordway was born on 6 February 1771, in Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Moses Ordway Jr, was 32 and her mother, Susanah Bly, was 25. She married David Eastman on 11 June 1789, in Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 17 September 1856, in Topsham, Orange, Vermont, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Roundtop Schoolhouse Cemetery, East Topsham, Topsham, Orange, Vermont, United States.
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- Susanah Ordway, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Susanna Ordway, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Susannah Ordway Eastman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1792
Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ordwy, Ordwic (from Old English Ordwīg, composed of the elements ord ‘point, spear’ + wīg ‘war’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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