Brief Life History of William
When William Wylie was born in 1758, in County Antrim, Ireland, his father, William Peter Wylie, was 41 and his mother, Anne Annie Hawthorne, was 37. He married Isabella Kelso in 1780, in Chester, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1830, in Perry, Alabama, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Dallas, Alabama, United States.
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- William Wylie, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Wylie, "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976"
- William Wylie in entry for William Wylie and Catharine Gilmore, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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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."""
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
Scottish: from a Scots pet form of the personal name William .
English: variant of Wiley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Wylie - Brief History.
William Wylie was in the battles when Cornwallis and Tarleton overran the Carolinas..... He was taken prisoner,... suffered great hardships at Camden and when exchanged served to the close of the war. …
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