Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Hadden III was born on 24 June 1760, in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Hadden, was 24 and his mother, Annabel Crowell, was 20. He married Mary Baker on 19 December 1780, in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 30 July 1803, in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Metuchen, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Thomas Hadden, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thomas Hadden, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969"
- Thos Hadden in entry for Ephraim Hadden, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"
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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
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Hadden, Halden, or Haulden (Roxburghshire), or a variant of Haldane .
English: variant of Haddon .
Irish (Armagh and Tyrone): though mainly Scottish, this surname is sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÉidín ‘descendant of Éidín’ (see Hayden ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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