When Capt John Pleasant was born on 9 April 1745, in York, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Buford Pleasant Sr, was 48 and his mother, Mary Henslee, was 34. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Abigail "Faithy". He died in 1805, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Caswell, North Carolina, United States.
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Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
English:
(of Norman origin): from the medieval female personal names Plaisance (Old French plaisance ‘pleasure’), or Plaisant (Old French plaisant ‘pleasing’).
habitational name from a French form of the name of Piacenza in Italy, earlier Latin Placentia ‘place of pleasure, ease’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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