Brief Life History of Josiah
When Josiah Flagg was born on 13 December 1750, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Josiah Flagg, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Hill, was 26. He married Sarah Flagg Hunt about 1772, in New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1778. He died before 1790, in Washington, Maine, United States.
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- Josiah Flagg, "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"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."""
1781 · The First Constitution
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.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Middle English flag(ge) ‘turf, sod, block of peat’ (Old Norse flag). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived at a place where turves were cut, or toponymic, from a place so named, such as Flagg, Derbyshire. It may also be a nickname for someone who cut turves. Compare Flack .
habitational name from Middle English flagge ‘reed, rush’, for someone who lived in a place characterised by reeds, or perhaps for someone who cut reeds for thatch.
perhaps from Middle English flag(ge) ‘flagstone’ (Old Norse flaga), for someone who lived in a place where flagstones were found or quarried.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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