When James Terrill Jr was born on 3 December 1744, in New Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Capt. James Terrill Sr, was 25 and his mother, Abigail Buck, was 23. He married Sarah Bradshaw on 15 June 1768, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 2 May 1812, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Upper Merryall Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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"""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 (Cornwall; of Norman origin): variant of Tyrrell .
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