Brief Life History of Melatiah
When Melatiah Woodcock was born about 1768, in Vermont, United States, her father, Elkanah Woodcock, was 29 and her mother, Susannah Nichols, was 31. She married Thomas Jewett in 1783. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 17 August 1855, in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Militice Jewett in household of Aaron Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Melatiah Woodcock - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Melatiah Woodcock
- Melatiah Woodcock Jewett, "Find A Grave Index"
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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."""
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English:
from Middle English wodecok ‘woodcock’ (Old English wuducocc, a compound of Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cocc ‘cock, bird’), a type of bird that is notoriously easy to catch. Therefore, the name might have been either for a person who caught or sold woodcock, or a nickname for a gullible person.
in some cases, because there can be confusion between -cock and -cot in surnames, and therefore the name may also be a variant of Woodcott, a habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cot ‘cottage, shelter’, such as Woodcott in Cheshire and Hampshire or Woodcote in Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and Shropshire, or from any residence at a cottage in or near a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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