When Hannah Ford Tuttle was born on 2 September 1759, in Morristown, Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, her father, Moses Tuttle, was 26 and her mother, Jane Ford, was 23. She married Charles Hoff on 5 September 1778, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 26 August 1849, in Rockaway, Rockaway Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Rockaway, Rockaway Township, Morris, 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.
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.
English (Norfolk, Suffolk and Berkshire):
possibly a variant of Thirkell, from the Middle English personal name T(h)irkill, T(h)urkill (Old Norse Thorkell, Thorkil, Thurkil, a shortened form of Thorketill from the god's name Thórr ‘Thor’ + ketill ‘kettle, cauldron’).
variant of Tuthill .
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