Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Winslow was born on 8 May 1716, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Richard Winslow, was 36 and her mother, Hannah Booth, was 38. She married Ichabod Eddy on 30 May 1737, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 17 December 1795, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Sarah Winslow, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sarah Winslow, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Sarah in entry for Bety Eddy, "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932"
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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
English: habitational name from Winslow in Buckinghamshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wine (genitive Wines) + Old English hlāw ‘mound, hill’.
History: Edward Winslow (1595–1655), one of the founders of the Plymouth Colony who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. He was a governor of the colony and also served as agent of the Massachusetts Bay Company in France. In 1621 he married Susanna, the widow of William White, the first marriage in New England. Their son Josiah (c. 1629–80) was governor of Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680, the first native-born governor in North America. He had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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