Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Fitz Randolph was born on 15 March 1739, in Union, New Jersey, United States, her father, Moses Fitz Randolph I, was 38 and her mother, Rachel Hull, was 33. She married William Haywood on 13 November 1761, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died about 1797, at the age of 59.
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- Sarah Fitzrandolph, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- Sarah Fitz Randolph, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- Sarah Fitzrandolph, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
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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
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
Name Meaning
English: from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (from Latin filius), used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name and then conventionalized as a hereditary surname, or short for a surname of which fiz ‘son’ was the first element, for example Fitzhenry and Fitzroy .
Altered form of English Fitch .
German: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vinzenz (see Vincent ) or Vitus (see Vito , compare Veit ). Compare also Fietz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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