When Joshua Terrill was born on 18 December 1725, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Gamaliel Terrill, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Scott, was 27. He married Sarah Merrill on 4 May 1748, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
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 (Cornwall; of Norman origin): variant of Tyrrell .
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