When Amos Packer was born on 30 January 1759, in East Caln Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, James Packer, was 32 and his mother, Rose Mendenhall, was 25. He had at least 5 sons and 4 daughters with Elizabeth Jones. He lived in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1786. He died about 1829, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
English: probably an occupational name for a wool packer, from an agent noun derivative of Middle English pakken ‘to pack’.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent noun derivative of Middle Low German pak, German Pack ‘package’, hence an occupational name for a wholesale trader, especially in the wool trade, one who sold goods in large packages rather than broken down into smaller quantities, or alternatively one who rode or drove pack animals to transport goods.
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