When Ruth Ferguson was born about 1764, in Putnam, New York, United States, her father, Jeremiah Ferguson, was 35 and her mother, Abigial Smith, was 30. She had at least 7 sons and 6 daughters with Enoch Dusenbury. She died on 6 August 1841, in Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Nassau, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
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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 and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.
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