Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Hassam was born on 23 January 1747, in Lincoln, Maine, United States, his father, Jonathan Hassam, was 44 and his mother, Mary Bennett, was 36. He married Elizabeth Tewksbury on 13 March 1770, in Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He died on 22 September 1831, at the age of 84, and was buried in Manchester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Joseph Harshem, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Joseph Harsham, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Joseph Hassam, "Find A Grave Index"
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1760
Historical Boundaries: 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Lincoln, Maine, United States
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."""""""
Name Meaning
English (mainly Kent): possibly a variant of Horsham, a habitational name from any of several places called Horsham (two in Devon, one in Sussex, one in Norfolk, and one in Worcestershire). The placenames derive from Old English hors ‘horse’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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