When Jerusha Hopkins was born on 14 July 1766, in Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, Captain Benjamin Hopkins, was 21 and her mother, Zeresh Rudd, was 20. She married Archibald Dewey in 1785, in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 7 May 1830, in Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, 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.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
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