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If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë). Since the names are found most commonly in Malsi e Madhe (North) and Labëri (South ...
The Colonial Dames of America (CDA) is an American organization comprising women who descend from one or more ancestors who lived in British North America between 1607 and 1775, and who aided the colonies in public office, in military service, or in another acceptable capacity.
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Colonial American women in warfare (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Colonial American women" ... This page was last edited on 14 September 2024, at 21:22 (UTC).
The National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists (NSDAC), commonly known as the Daughters of the American Colonists, is an American patriotic organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1920 by Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell Guernsey in St. Louis, it was federally chartered in 1984.
Sarah Winston was born about 1710. Her parents, Mary (Dabney) and Isaac Winston, came from families who immigrated in the 1660s to Colonial Virginia. [1] Sarah descended from distinguished Presbyterian families [2] [3] from Yorkshire, England. [2] Issac immigrated from Wales about 1702, and settled in Hanover County in Colonial Virginia. [4]
Margaret Brent (c. 1601 – c. 1671), was an English immigrant to the Colony of Maryland, settled in its new capitol, St. Mary's City, Maryland.She was the first woman in the English North American colonies to appear before a court of the common law.
Born December 27, 1730, [1] [2] Mary Bartlett was the daughter of Sarah (née Hoyt) and Joseph Bartlett, [3] who fought in the French and Indian Wars in 1707 at Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was captured and held captive for four years in Canada by the Algonquin people. [2] [4] Bartlett, who had nine siblings, [4] was from Newton, New Hampshire. [1]