Easter Timmons

Brief Life History of Easter

When Easter Timmons was born in 1775, in Broad Creek, Sussex, Delaware, United States, her father, Matthias Timmons, was 26 and her mother, Mary Smith, was 40. She married Joshua Jarman Sr. in 1795, in Sussex, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1820. She died in 1855, in Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lowes Crossroads, Sussex, Delaware, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Jarman Sr.
1774–1837
Easter Timmons
1775–1855
Marriage: 1795
Jesse Jerman
1796–
James Jerman
1798–
Elizabeth Betsy Jerman
1800–1870
Joshua German
1802–1864
Noble Theodore Jerman
1803–1888
Nancy Jarman
1806–1872
Rev. Mathias Jerman
1807–1874
Sarah "Sally" Jarman
1809–1883
Mary Polly Jarman
1811–1883
John Timmons Jerman
1813–1834
Hetty B Jerman
1817–1892

Sources (2)

  • Easter Timmons, "United States Census, 1820"
  • Esther Timmons Jerman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1775

Historical Boundaries: 1775: Sussex, Delaware Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Sussex, Delaware, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Toimín ‘son of Toimín’, a pet form of Tomás, Gaelic form of Thomas .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tiomáin ‘descendant of Tiomán’, a personal name from a diminutive of tiom ‘pliant, soft’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tiománaigh (see Timoney ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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