Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Whitcher was born on 4 March 1722, in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Reuben Whittier Sr, was 36 and his mother, Deborah Pillsbury, was 41. He married Abigail Stevens about 1743, in Stratham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1721 and Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America in 1773. In 1756, at the age of 34, his occupation is listed as clothier in Durham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. He died on 22 February 1803, in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Benjn Whitcher, "United States Census, 1790"
- Benjamin Whitter, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Benjamin Whitter, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
Name Meaning
English (Hampshire): variant of Witcher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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