Jeremiah Gore

Brief Life History of Jeremiah

When Jeremiah Gore was born on 2 December 1734, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Gore, was 35 and his mother, Mary Williams, was 24. He married Mary Watson on 18 February 1762, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1790. He died on 8 July 1813, in Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jeremiah Gore
1734–1813
Hannah Richards
1734–1816
Marriage: 7 January 1773
Mary Gore
1774–1804
John Gore
1776–1776
Hannah Gore
1776–1851
Stephen Gore
1778–1835
Zebiah Gore
1780–1848
Samuel Gore
1782–1782
Abigail Gore
1784–1834
Elizabeth Gore
1786–1845
Lucretia Gore
1790–1832
Sophia Gore
1793–1794

Sources (33)

  • Jeremiah Gore, Senr, "United States Census, 1790"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jeremiah Gore - Church record: birth: 26 December 1734; Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  • Jeremiah Gore, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

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."""""""

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece of land’ (Old English gāra, a derivative of gār ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a spearhead), a topographic name for someone living by a triangular field, or a habitational name from any of various places, for example Gore Court in Tunstall (Kent) and Gore Farm in Hannington (Wiltshire), named from this word.

French: from Old French gore ‘sow’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.

French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Gore Family, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Excerpt from : Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Volume 4 (beginning on page 1896) By William Richard Cutter …

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