When William Trice Sr was born in 1762, in Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Edward James Trice III, was 25 and his mother, Judith Tabitha Harrison, was 20. He married Frances Patterson on 25 May 1788, in Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 July 1838, in Orange, Virginia, United States, at the age of 76.
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Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English (Kent): unexplained.
Probably also an altered form of German Treis .
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