Elizabeth Herbert

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Herbert was born about 1782, in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Pvt. James Herbert, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Covenhoven, was 42.

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Family Time Line

Pvt. James Herbert
1744–1814
Elizabeth Covenhoven
1741–1813
Ellen Herbert
1762–
Elisabeth Herbert
1769–1818
Patience Herbert
1770–
Elizabeth Herbert
1782–
Isaac Herbert
1770–1788
Herbert
1770–
Willem Harber
1773–
James Herbert
1773–1848
William Herbert
1775–1834
Margaret Herbert
1778–1857
Daniel Herbert
1779–1836
Margaret Herbert
1781–1859
Eleanor Herbert
1784–1863

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    World Events (3)

    1783 · A Free America

    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.

    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.

    1787 · New Jersey Plan

    "Also referred to as the Small State Plan, the New Jersey Plan was an important piece of legislation that William Paterson presented during the Constitutional Convention. The plan was created because states with smaller populations were concerned about their representation in the United States government. The New Jersey plan proposed, among other things, that each state would have one equal vote. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which suggested that appointment for Congress should be proportional to state population. The Connecticut Compromise merged the two plans, allowing for two ""houses"" of congress: one with proportional representation, and the other with equal power from each state (as the New Jersey Plan had suggested)."

    Name Meaning

    German, English, and French: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri, hari ‘army’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. In Britain, this Old French name, introduced by the Normans, reinforced the less common Old English cognate Herebeorht. The surname was taken to Ireland after the Anglo-Norman invasion and in the 16th century.

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the German personal name (see 1 above).

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

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