Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Danforth was born on 18 August 1700, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Jonathan Danforth Jr, was 41 and her mother, Rebecka Parker, was 39. She married Captain Solomon Keyes III before August 1728, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 2 April 1786, in Warren, Western, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Sarah Keyes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Danforth, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Sarah Danforth, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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."""
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire): variant of Danford .
History: Nicholas Danforth, a man of considerable property, emigrated c. 1634 with his children to Cambridge, MA, from Framlingham, Suffolk, England, after the death of his wife Elizabeth. He was elected to various political offices in the colony. His son Thomas (1623–99) was admitted as a freeman in 1643 and was named treasurer of Harvard College in the 1650 charter granted that institution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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