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When Miss Somers was born in 1698, in Somers Point, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, her father, John Somers Esq, was 50 and her mother, Hannah Hodgkins, was 31.
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1750
Historic Civil Jurisdictions Known as Somers Point in 1750 Incorporated Apr 24, 1886 as a borough Incorporated Apr 9, 1902 as a city
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
Irish: adopted for Ó Somacháin; see Summers .
Irish: in Northern Ireland, adopted for Gaelic Mag Shamradháin; see McGovern . In Irish samhradh means ‘summer’.
English (Somerset): variant of Summers .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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