When Joseph Way Sr. was born on 23 March 1737, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Jacob William Way, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Hannum, was 33. He married Prudence Larkin in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pennsbury MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790. He died on 12 March 1815, at the age of 77, and was buried in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
English (mainly southern): topographic name for someone who lived near a road or path, from Middle English wei (Old English weg, cognate with Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg), or a habitational name from some minor place called with this word, as for example any of the places called Way or Waye in Devon or Way in Somerset and Kent.
Chinese: variant of Wei .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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