When Rachel Spear was born on 28 November 1761, in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Deering Spear Jr, was 28 and her mother, Hannah Paine, was 31. She married Timothy Thayer on 5 March 1785, in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 19 January 1842, in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Randolph, Norfolk, 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."""""""
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English (Devon): nickname from Middle English spere ‘spear’ (Old English spere), perhaps used for a tall, thin person, or for a maker or skilled user of spears. Compare Spearman .
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