When Johannes Wilhelm Shimp was born on 9 December 1764, in Upper Alloways Creek Township, Salem, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Johannes Adam Schimpf, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Weickert, was 36. He married Maria Magdelena "Mackenlah" Rocap in 1790, in Salem, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 14 January 1800, in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Friesburg, Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1767: Upper Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Upper Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States 1798: Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1767: Upper Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Upper Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States 1798: Alloway Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States
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.
Perhaps an Americanized form of German Schimpp, a variant of Schimpf .
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