Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Weston was born on 8 October 1754, in Middleborough Center, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Zachariah Weston Jr., was 25 and her mother, Rebeckah Standish, was 23. She married Elisha Thomas on 23 August 1777, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 25 December 1796, in her hometown, at the age of 42, and was buried in Middleborough Center, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Rachal Weston, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Rachel Weston, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Rachel Weston Thomas, "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."""
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 any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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