When Elijah Withey was born on 17 July 1743, in Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Ephraim MacWithey, was 34 and his mother, Mercy Luce, was 25. He married Mary Jones on 13 November 1763, in Preston City, Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 7 February 1816, in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 72.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a willow tree, Middle English withy (Old English wīthig).
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