When Esther Bigelow was born on 30 November 1757, in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Deacon William Bigelow, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Gates, was 29. She married Isaiah Richardson on 14 June 1783, in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States in 1850. She died on 28 November 1851, in West Brattleboro, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in West Brattleboro Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
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.
English or Irish: perhaps a variant of English Bigley or Irish Begley .
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