Brief Life History of Ezekiel
When Ezekiel Goodridge was born on 3 January 1713, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jeremiah Goodridge Jr., was 45 and his mother, Mary Rowe, was 35. He married Rebecca Goodridge on 18 December 1744, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 30 August 1777, in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ezekel Goodridge, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ezekiel Goodridge, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Ezekiel Goodridge, "Find A Grave Index"
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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."""
Name Meaning
English: variant of Goodrich .
Americanized form of German Güttrich (see Goodrich ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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