Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Cousins was born on 17 May 1772, in Wells, York, Maine, United States, her father, Samuel Cousins, was 23 and her mother, Abigail Deering, was 25. She married Joseph Gilpatrick on 29 September 1798, in Wells, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 16 February 1815, in Biddeford, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 42.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Abigail Cousins - Government record: birth: 20 November 1773; Kennebunk, York, Maine, United States
- Mrs. Abigail Gilpatrick, "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910"
- Mrs. Abigail Gilpatrick, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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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."""
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
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English and Irish (Wexford): variant of Cousin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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