When Samuel Pincham was born in 1766, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, Peter Pincham, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Martha Dennis, was 26. He married Sophia Sherwin on 18 December 1786, in Amelia, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in November 1797, at the age of 31.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English: habitational name from a place in Norfolk, so called from Old English finc ‘finch’ + hām ‘homestead’.
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