Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Tower was born on 14 July 1712, in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Tower, was 25 and his mother, Margaret, was 26. He married Deborah Hollis on 10 January 1739, in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1712.
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- Benjamin Tower, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Benjamin Tower, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Benjamin Power, "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."""
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Middle English, Old French tūr (from Latin turris).
English: occupational name for someone who dressed white leather, cured with alum rather than tanned with bark, from an agent derivative of Middle English taw(en) (Old English tawian ‘to prepare, make ready’).
Americanized form of German Tauer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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