Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Hardenbroek was born on 12 August 1767, in Pompton Plains, Pequannock Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, her father, Abel Hardenbrook Jr, was 33 and her mother, Rebecca Anthony, was 33. She married John Van Reed on 26 April 1790, in Pompton Plains, Pequannock Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters.
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- Rebecca Hardenbroek, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
- Rebecca Hardenbrook, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
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1775
"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."
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1804
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Hardenbroek, composed of hard ‘firm (ground)’ + broek ‘low lying, swampy land’, probably related to the aristocratic family from the so named castle in the province of Utrecht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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