Elizabeth McCorkle

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth McCorkle was born in 1758, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, her father, Alexander McCorkle, was 33 and her mother, Mary Steele, was 30.

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Alexander McCorkle
1725–1780
Mary Steele
1728–1780
John McCorkle
1745–1781
James MacCorkle
1745–
Andrew McCorkle
1766–
Nancy Mccorkle
1747–
William McCorkle
1749–1818
Sarah McCorkle
1750–1820
Elizabeth McCorkle
1758–
Alexander McCorkle
1770–

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth McCorkle - Published information: birth-name: Elizabeth McCorkle

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1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thorcaill ‘son of Thorcall’, a Gaelic form of the Scandinavian personal name Thorketill meaning ‘Thor's kettle’. Compare Scottish McCorquodale .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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