When Deborah Canby was born on 19 October 1762, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, Benjamin Canby, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Littler, was 24. She married Harlan Cloud on 25 December 1783, in Holy Trinity Church, New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters.
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In 1764, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed the western boundary of Delaware. This became part of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): probably a habitational name from Caenby in Lincolnshire, named with the Old Norse personal name Kafni + bȳ ‘farmstead’. However, it may also be a shortened form of a habitational name from Cross Canonby (Cumbria) or Carnaby (East Yorkshire).
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