When Mary Barber was born on 15 July 1774, in Richmond, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Joshua Barber, was 34 and her mother, Mary Barber, was 27. She married Pardon Kenyon in July 1793, in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. She died on 24 May 1860, in New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Moosup, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English: occupational name for a barber, from Middle English barb(o)ur ‘barber’ (Anglo-Norman French barber, Old French barbier, from Late Latin barbarius, a derivative of barba ‘beard’). In the Middle Ages barbers not only cut hair and shaved beards, but also practised surgery and pulled teeth.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Barbier ‘barber’ (compare 1 above).
Catalan: occupational name for a barber, barber (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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