Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Tower was born on 18 April 1752, in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Daniel Tower II, was 31 and his mother, Bethiah Nichols, was 27. He married Elizabeth Kent on 30 August 1789, in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 26 September 1832, in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Abraham Tower, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abraham Tower, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abraham Torver in entry for Hannah Lawrence, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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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."""""""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (from Latin turris).
English: occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).
Americanized form of German Tauer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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