When Joseph Hepburn was born on 28 July 1752, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joseph Hepburn, was 22 and his mother, Eunice Burton, was 20. He married Hannah Lobdell in 1774, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 1 August 1836, in Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Colton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Post office est. April 5, 1786
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English (Durham) and Scottish: habitational name from Hepburn in Chillingham (Northumberland), Hebron (Northumberland), or Hebburn in Jarrow (Durham). The placenames probably all derive from Old English hēah ‘high’ + byrgen ‘burial place, tumulus’. Compare Hebron .
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