When Benjamin Nickerson was born on 6 September 1714, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Bell Nickerson, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Hall, was 24. He married Sarah Covell on 13 October 1741, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He died on 9 October 1798, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
English (Norfolk and Lincolnshire): variant of Nixon , in which trisyllabic Nickeson has been spelled Nickerson.
English: alternatively, a variant of Nicholson with /r/ substituted for /l/.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBenjamin F Nickerson was born on September 6, 1714, in Harwich, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Covell on October 13, 1741, in his hometown. They had five children in 12 years. He died on October 9, 1 …
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