When Joseph Crawford was born on 9 September 1761, in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Crawford, was 27 and his mother, Catherine Nelson, was 34. He married Margaret S. Shankland about 1779, in Cherry Creek, Cherry Creek, Chautauqua, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 28 July 1829, in Walton, Walton, Delaware, New York, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Delaware, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Crawford, primarily the one in Lanarkshire (Scotland), and possibly also from the one in Lancashire. Both are named in Old English with crāwe ‘crow’ + ford ‘ford’.
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