When Laban Bates was born on 3 April 1774, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel Bates, was 29 and his mother, Martha Beal, was 29. He married Grace Bates Nichols about 1796, in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 8 May 1847, in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Norfolk, 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."""""""
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.
Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .
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