When Sarah Penquite was born on 1 October 1732, in Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, John Penquite II, was 40 and her mother, Rachel Twining, was 40. She married William Linton on 30 April 1766, in Wrightstown, Wrightstown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in March 1786, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 53.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Biblical name, borne by the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. According to the Book of Genesis, she was originally called Sarai (possibly meaning ‘contentious’ in Hebrew), but had her name changed by God to the more auspicious Sarah ‘princess’ in token of a greater blessing (Genesis 17:15, ‘And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be’). This has been one of the most enduringly popular girls' names.
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