Brief Life History of Jan Van
Jan Van Winkle was born in 1688, in Flatbush, Ulster, New York, United States. He married Jan Okie in 1703, in Long Island, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died from 1696 to 1777.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
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."""""""
Name Meaning
Altered form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Winkel .
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from Wincle (Cheshire) or possibly from Winkhill in Waterfall (Staffordshire). The placenames probably derive from Old English wincel ‘nook, corner’, though the Cheshire placename may alternatively derive from Old English wince ‘sharp bend in a river, corner’ + hyll ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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