Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Post was born on 6 January 1743, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Post, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Griswold, was 36. She married Benjamin Bartlet on 18 August 1768, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 3 May 1810, in North Madison, East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in West Cemetery, Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Ruth Post, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Ruth Bartlett, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Ruth in entry for Amanda Bartlett, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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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."""""""
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.
North German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a messenger or mailman, from post ‘mail’.
Probably also an altered form of German Pfost .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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