Brief Life History of Thankful
When Thankful Higgins was born on 9 April 1758, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Freeman Higgins, was 30 and her mother, Thankful Hopkins, was 33. She married Thomas Stoddard Boardman on 18 August 1781, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 27 September 1833, at the age of 75, and was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Thankfull Higgins, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Thankful Higgens, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Thankfull Higgins Bordman, "Find A Grave Index"
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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."""""""
1781 · The First Constitution
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking, sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan .
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin, itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ), or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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