When Mary Loree was born on 25 November 1759, in Mendham Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, her father, Samuel Loree Jr., was 30 and her mother, Sybilah Newton, was 23. She married Henry C Doty in 1774. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 12 November 1805, in Morris, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 45.
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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.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English: altered form of Lory .
French (Lorée): topographic name, with fused definite article l', from Old French orée, a term denoting the outer edge or margin of a wood or field.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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