Brief Life History of Thankful
When Thankful Batchelor was born on 17 April 1770, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Cpl. Jonathan N Batchelor Sr, was 25 and her mother, Thankful Whitney, was 19. She married Josiah Rockwood on 29 November 1787, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 16 October 1854, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Thankful Rockwood in household of Josiah A Rockwood, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thankfull Batcheller, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Thankfull Batcheller, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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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."""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: status name for a young knight or novice at arms, Middle English and Old French bacheler (medieval Latin baccalarius). The word had already been extended to mean ‘(young) unmarried man’ by the 14th century, but it is unlikely that many bearers of the surname derive from the word in that sense.
History: The Reverend Stephen Bachiler (c. 1561–1656) was a Puritan nonconformist, born in Hampshire, England, who came to New England in 1632, at the age of 71. In 1638/9 he was the leader of the founders of Hampton, NH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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