When Mary Rand was born on 21 March 1764, in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Nathaniel Rand, was 27 and her mother, Mary Leavitt, was 27. She married Richard Cate on 16 November 1790, in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1844, at the age of 80, and was buried in North Chili, Chili, Monroe, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New Hampshire is 9th 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.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rand, a pet form of Randolf. Compare Randolph , Randall , Randy , and see also Rance .
English: habitational name from Rand (Lincolnshire), Rand Grange (North Yorkshire), or Raunds (Northamptonshire), all of which derive from Old English rand ‘edge, border, rim’.
German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rand ‘rim (of a shield)’. Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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