Brief Life History of Rebecca
Rebecca was born in June 1683, in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She married Daniel Dunham in 1702, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 3 February 1783, in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Body, Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, Anse-à-Veau, Nippes, Haiti.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Norton - Published information: birth-name: Rebecca Norton
- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Norton - Individual or family possessions: death: 3 February 1783; Connecticut, United States
- Rebeckkah in entry for Dinah Denham, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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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."""""""
Name Meaning
Biblical name, from the Latin form of the Hebrew name Rebekah, borne by the wife of Isaac, who was the mother of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 24–27). The Hebrew root occurs in the Bible only in the vocabulary word marbek ‘cattle stall’, and its connection with the name is doubtful. In any case, Rebecca was Aramean, and the name probably has a source in Aramaic. It has always been common as a Jewish name; in England and elsewhere it began to be used also by Christians from the 14th century onwards and especially at the time of the Reformation, when Old Testament names became popular. It was very common among the Puritans in the 17th century, and has enjoyed a tremendous vogue in England since the latter part of the 20th century, among people of many different creeds. In Scotland this is found as an Anglicized form of Beathag .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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