When Capt. Titus Watson was born on 29 January 1746, in Bethlehem, Pomperaug Plantation, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Watson IV, was 37 and his mother, Bethia Tyler, was 37. He married Mercy Merrell in 1772. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 14 December 1821, in Ballston, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 75.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
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