Christiana Monington

Brief Life History of Christiana

When Christiana Monington was born about 1779, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Monington, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Coxe, was 27. She married William Bloomfield Vandegrift on 10 November 1801, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bensalem Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1801. She died on 12 November 1848, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Vandegrift Cemetery, Bensalem, Bensalem Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Bloomfield Vandegrift
1781–1854
Christiana Monington
1779–1848
Marriage: 10 November 1801
Sarah Ann Vandegrift
1803–
Eliza L. Vandegrift
1805–
Alfred Souders Vandegrift
1807–1861
Charles Souders Vandegrift
1811–1890
William M. Vandegrift
1815–1888
Eleanor Vandegrift
1817–1890
Susanna Vandegrift
1818–

Sources (22)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Christinah Vandegrift - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth: 1779; Bensalem, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Christiana Moninglon, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • Familysearch.org; “Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials 1720-1999;” death record (source #1) for William B. Vandigrift (died 1854)

World Events (8)

1780

Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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

English: see Monnington .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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