Brief Life History of Samuel
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 179520243; Samuel Edgerton was a Quaker minister at the Salem Monthly Meeting in Union Co, Indiana. He married Elizabeth Wilkins 16 Oct 1800 at Haddonfield Friends Meeting, Haddonfield, Camden Co., New Jersey, daughter of William Wilkins and Sarah Flaningham. She was born 8 Oct 1775, Woodbury, Gloucester Co. New Jersey and died 30 Apr 1845 in West Elkton, Preble Co, Ohio. They moved frequently throughout Ohio and Indiana.
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- Samuel Edgerton, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Samuel Edgerton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Haddonfield, New Jersey, Camden County, Monthly Meeting, 1681-1828
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1780
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
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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 (West Midlands): habitational name from any of various places called Egerton in Cheshire and Kent, Egerton in Wheathill (Shropshire), Egerton in Bolton le Moors (Lancashire), Egerton in Scammonden (Yorkshire), or Edgerton in Huddersfield (Yorkshire). Egerton in Kent is from the Old English personal name Ecgheard + Old English tūn ‘estate, farmstead’ (see Eckert ), but Egerton in Chesire is more likely to derive from the Old English personal name Ecghere (in which the second element is Old English here ‘army’) + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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