When John Aiken was born on 28 March 1765, in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Deacon Edward Aiken, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Woodburn, was 35. He had at least 6 sons and 1 daughter with Ann Gregg. He died on 9 April 1842, in Windham, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 77.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New Hampshire is 9th state.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Scottish Aitken .
History: Aiken is the name of a NH family that was prominent in the 18th century; also of a Charleston family descended from William Aiken, who emigrated from Antrim in Ireland to Charleston c. 1800.
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