Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Harriman was born in 1740, in Rockaway, Rockaway Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States, her father, John Harriman, was 35 and her mother, Miriam Blackman, was 24. She married Capt John Pipes Jr in 1760, in Rockaway, Rockaway Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1775, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 35.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Jemima Harriman - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Jemima Harriman
- Jemima Harriman Pipes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Last Will and Testament of John Harriman (1712-1772) written 1767
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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."
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from the personal name Harry, a Middle English form of Henry, + Middle English man ‘manservant’, i.e. ‘servant of Henry’. Compare Harry and Mann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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