Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel Thompson was born on 4 May 1777, in Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Thompson, was 39 and his mother, Prudance Clark, was 45. He married Sarah Conkey on 15 November 1801, in Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 18 October 1822, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 45.
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- Daniel Thompson, "United States Census, 1820"
- Daniel Thompson, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Daniel Thompson, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
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.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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