When Rebecca Sewall Burdett was born about 1775, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Samuel Burditt, was 41 and her mother, Esther Pratt, was 39. She married David Barker on 21 May 1795, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died after 18 June 1817, in her hometown.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
English (Midlands, of Norman origin): perhaps from an Old French personal name Burdet, a pet form of an unrecorded ancient Germanic name, Burdo, or from Gaulish burdo ‘mule’.
Altered form of French Burdet (see Burdette ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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