Brief Life History of Frances
When Frances Burrell was born on 15 July 1761, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Peter Burrell, was 25 and her mother, Mary Dunbar, was 18. She married Samuel Whitmarsh on 14 December 1788, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 October 1846, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Frances Burrell, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Frances Burrell, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Frances (Fanny) Burrell Whitmarsh, "Find A Grave Index"
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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."""""""
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from Middle English, Old French burel, borel (also birel) ‘reddish brown’, referring perhaps to complexion or hair color. This was occasionally used by Normans as a personal name, perhaps a nickname substituted for the personal name. The word also denoted a coarse woollen cloth of this color, so the surname may sometimes refer to dress, or it may be a nickname for a maker of the cloth, a bureller.
habitational name from Burwell in Lincolnshire, see Burwell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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