When Elizabeth Tice was born on 11 February 1759, in Williamstown, Deptford Township, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, her father, John Ross Tice, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Pease, was 20. She married John Kellam about 1780, in Squankum, Howell Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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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.
Trenton, New Jersey officially became the state capital in 1790. The first state governor would be William Livingston.
English: variant of Teece , Tye , or Tyas. The latter is an ethnic name from Anglo-Norman French t(i)eis, tiais ‘Teuton, German’, denoting someone from Germany or the Low Countries, or occasionally a habitational name from Thiais in Val-de-Marne, France.
Americanized form of German Theiss or possibly Theus .
Americanized form of Dutch and Flemish Thys or of its variants Thijs (Dutch and Flemish) and Tijs (Dutch).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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