Brief Life History of Calvin
When Calvin Bryant was born on 16 December 1768, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Job Bryant, was 23 and his mother, Mary Turner, was 22. He married Rebecca Morse on 26 November 1791, in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 17 December 1842, in North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Calvin Bryant, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Calvin Bryant, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Calvin Bryant, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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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."""
1788 · The First Presidential Election
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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Celtic personal name Brian (from brigo- ‘high’ + the suffix -ant-), with excrescent -t. Breton bearers of this name were among the Normans who invaded England in 1066. They went on to settle in Ireland in the 12th century, where the name mingled with the native Irish form Briain (see O'Brien ). The latter had also been borrowed, as Brján, by the Vikings, who introduced it independently into northwestern England before the Norman Conquest.
Breton: very rare variant of Briant (see Briand ) and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
History: The American poet William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) came of a New England family, being descended from Stephen Bryant, who had settled in Plymouth Colony in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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