Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Richardson was born on 2 April 1729, in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Richardson, was 25 and her mother, Ruth Clark, was 35. She married Solomon Dewing on 23 December 1750, in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in December 1810, at the age of 81.
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- Ruth Richardson, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ruth Richardson, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Ruth Richardson, "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 · 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."""""""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Richard + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Ritson .
Americanized form (and a Swedish variant) of Swedish Richardsson or Rikardsson: patronymic from the personal name Richard , Rikard.
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Richardsen or Norwegian Rikardsen, cognates of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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