When Patrick Hepburn was born in 1775, in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Joseph Hepburn, was 23 and his mother, Hannah Lobdell, was 20. He married Sally Hitchcock in 1817, in Madrid, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1850, in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States, at the age of 75.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
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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