Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Clap was born on 3 February 1770, in Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Noah Clap, was 53 and her mother, Ann Clapp, was 38. She married James Pierce on 20 January 1796, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 7 October 1814, at the age of 44, and was buried in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
- Lydia Clap, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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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."""
1783 · A Free America
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Alberto, Baltasar, Jorge, Juan, Luis, Ramon, Susana.
German: variant of Klar and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in France (Alsace).
Catalan and French: from the Catalan and Occitan personal name Clar, equivalent to Spanish Claro and French Clair . This surname is very rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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