When John Dexter was born in 1765, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, William Dexter, was 30 and his mother, Phebe Warner, was 28. He married Lucinda Dexter in 1786, in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 12 April 1850, at the age of 85, and was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
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On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
English (East Midlands): occupational name from Middle English dexter(e), dei(gh)ester, deyster ‘dyer’ (Old English deaʒestre, deʒ(e)stre). The word originally denoted a female dyer, but came to be used for dyers of both sexes. Compare Dyer .
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