When Sylvanus Redfield was born on 30 December 1754, in Killingworth, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, George Redfield, was 29 and his mother, Tryal Ward, was 24. He married Hannah Franklin on 13 July 1774, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 26 December 1837, in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New Hampshire is 9th state.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Apparently an English habitational name from any of several placesso named in Scotland and England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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