When Ann Gibson was born about 1758, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Gibson I, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Hand, was 23. She married James Pratt in 1774, in North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1844, at the age of 87.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Gibb (a pet form of Gilbert) + son, hence ‘son of Gibb’. The name is very common in Ireland, having arrived in that country in the 17th century. It is also occasionally adopted for Ó Gibealláin, see Giblin .
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