When Leah Vandermark was born on 24 May 1766, in Sussex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Benjamin Vandermark, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Maria Brink, was 26. She married Bartle Bartleson about 1786, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died in February 1810, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 43.
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"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."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"Sometimes referred to as the ""forgotten victory"", the Battle of Springfield was one of the last major battles fought in the north during the Revolutionary War. The British defeat effectively ended their ambitions to reclaim New Jersey. Washington praised the New Jersey Militia for their universal effort and great spirit"
Dutch (Van der Mark):
topographic name for someone who lived by a border or boundary, from Middle Dutch marke, merke ‘boundary, borderland’.
topographic name for someone living near the river Mark.
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