When Frances Blackiston was born on 25 May 1769, in Queen Anne's, Maryland, British Colonial America, her father, George Blackiston, was 25 and her mother, Martha Cooley, was 26. She married Samuel Spencer Blackiston on 27 May 1790, in Tent, New Castle, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 1 October 1813, in New Castle, Delaware, United States, at the age of 44.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Battle of Cooch's Bridge took place on September 3, 1777. It was a battle between the Continental Army, American militia and German soldiers fighting with Britain. On the US side, twenty were killed and twenty were wounded. For Britain, three to thirty were killed and twenty to thirty were wounded. The battle was a British victory when they pushed the Americans back across the bridge.
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 (Sussex and Surrey): variant of Blackstone .
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