When John Petteys was born in 1765, in Rhode Island, United States, his father, David Petteys, was 30 and his mother, Mary Colgrove, was 26. He married Olive Reynolds in 1804. He lived in Easton, Washington, New York, United States for about 20 years. He died on 8 December 1843, in Greenwich, Washington, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Easton, Washington, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
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.
English: patronymic from Pettey .
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