When Olive Varnum was born on 7 March 1741, in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Varnum, was 36 and her mother, Mary Goodhue, was 24. She married Stephen Putnam on 18 October 1764, in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 18 September 1831, in South Rumford, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Rumford, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
English (southwestern): variant of Farnham , reflecting the voicing of f that was characteristic of southwestern dialects of Middle English.
History: George Varnum emigrated c. 1635 from Lilbourne, Northamptonshire, England, to Ipswich, MA. The brothers James Mitchell Varnum (1748–89) and Joseph Bradley Varnum (1750/1–1821), both born in Dracut, MA, were revolutionary war soldiers and congressmen.
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Possible Related NamesFrom the History of the Putnam Family in England and America: "Stephen Putnam (Jacob, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Nathaniel, John), born in Salem Village, 24 Sept. 1744; died in Rumsford, Me., 29 June 1812; …
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