When Elisha Gunn Jr was born on 13 August 1764, in Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Elisha Gunn, was 31 and his mother, Esther Sawyer, was 25. He married Lydia Phelps on 20 January 1789, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1764. He registered for military service in 1780. He died on 14 May 1821, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
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.
English and Scottish: from the Old Norse personal name Gunnr (based on a word meaning ‘battle’), or perhaps from Gunne, a pet form of the Old Norse female personal name Gunnhildr (see Gunnell ).
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan or family associated principally with Caithness and Sutherland. It claims descent from a certain Gunni or Guinn who lived in the 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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