When Luther Colvin was born on 6 June 1740, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, John Colvin III, was 30 and his mother, Amey Randall, was 23. He married Lydia Colvin on 16 September 1762, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Danby, Rutland, Republic of Vermont in 1765. He registered for military service in 1780. He died on 19 June 1829, in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Fisk Cemetery, Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States.
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The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
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Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.
Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.
English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).
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