When John England was born on 23 October 1745, in Nottingham MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John England, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Holland, was 31. He married Sarah Swayne on 16 January 1768, in New Garden MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 20 November 1797, at the age of 52, and was buried in Harrisville Friends Cemetery, Harrisville, Cecil, Maryland, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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: habitational name from Middle English Engelond ‘England’. It was probably a formal alternative to English , which is also well evidenced as a surname in England. These names may have been acquired by English landowners who moved in Norman social circles or who lived in a neighbouring country (Scotland, Wales, or Ireland), or by English merchants who traded abroad.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads so named, from Old Norse eng ‘meadow’ + land ‘land’.
Swedish: ornamental name with the same meaning as 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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