When John W. Way was born on 10 February 1757, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joseph Way, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Scoville, was 20. He married Mary Pheobe Moss on 10 January 1788, in Kingsbury, Washington, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 4 April 1838, in Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 81.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
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.
English (mainly southern): topographic name for someone who lived near a road or path, from Middle English wei (Old English weg, cognate with Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg), or a habitational name from some minor place called with this word, as for example any of the places called Way or Waye in Devon or Way in Somerset and Kent.
Chinese: variant of Wei .
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