When Rev John Guild was born on 23 November 1712, in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Guild, was 22 and his mother, Mercy Foster, was 23. He married Charity Hunt about 1736, in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 10 July 1787, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 74.
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Historical Boundaries 1714: Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
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."""""""
Scottish (Angus and Perthshire): apparently a nickname for someone who played a prominent part in a medieval guild. It may, however, be a Scottish variant of Gould .
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