When Benjamin Maule was born on 2 December 1760, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Maule Jr., was 40 and his mother, Zillah Walker, was 28. He married Ann Baldwin on 9 January 1782, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 20 September 1831, in Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Radnor Friends Burial Ground, Radnor Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
German (Mäule): variant of Maul 1.
English: variant of Maul 2.
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Maule (Seine-et-Oise). The family acquired land in Easter Fowlis (Perthshire) in the mid 12th century and the baronies of Panmure and Bervie by 1215.
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