When Elizabeth Nims was born on 1 March 1712, in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Nims, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Hull, was 23. She married John Hawks Sr. on 10 December 1730, in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 February 1779, in Deerfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, 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."""""""
Americanized form of unidentified surname, presumably French.
History: The first recorded bearer of this surname is Godfrey Nims of Deerfield, MA, whose name appears on a court record from 1667.
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