When Israel Crissey was born on 31 March 1764, in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, David Crissey, was 38 and his mother, Hannah Willmott, was 30. He married Alice or Olive Woodruff on 7 February 1788, in Winchester Center, Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1790 and Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1800. He died on 6 December 1833, in Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English: unexplained.
Possibly an Americanized form of Swiss German Krüsi, a variant of Kruse , or Kriesi, a variant of Kries .
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