When Abigail, Van Kirk, Phillips was born on 1 June 1768, in Titusville, Hopewell Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, her father, Job Phillips, was 33 and her mother, Phoebe Howell, was 22. She married John M Van Kirk about 1786, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 3 April 1859, in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, 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."
Historical Boundaries 1783: Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
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English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip . In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages (see Philips ).
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