Brief Life History of Priscilla
When Priscilla Pearson was born on 3 December 1682, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jeremiah Pearson, was 29 and her mother, Priscilla Hazen, was 18. She married Nathaniel Mighill on 3 October 1705, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1682. She died on 26 February 1776, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 93, and was buried in Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Pricilla Pearson, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Priscilla Pearson Mighill, "Find A Grave Index"
- Pricella Pearson, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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."""
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Per(e) or Piers (see Pear and Pierce ) + son. The surname is also quite common in Ireland, where it has been established for many centuries. Compare Peerson .
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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