When Reuben Nickerson II was born about 1757, in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Reuben Nickerson, was 51 and his mother, Ruth Arey, was 37. He married Lois Sparrow on 13 December 1781. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1838. He died on 18 August 1831, in Frankfort, Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Frankfort, Waldo, Maine, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1760: York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Company, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1790: Hancock, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Hancock, Maine, United States 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States
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."""""""
English (Norfolk and Lincolnshire): variant of Nixon , in which trisyllabic Nickeson has been spelled Nickerson.
English: alternatively, a variant of Nicholson with /r/ substituted for /l/.
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