When Jacob Bevins was born on 19 May 1742, in Germantown, Columbia, New York, United States, his father, William Bevins, was 32 and his mother, Cornelia Rommevel, was 30. He married Jannetje Scherp about 1767, in Claverack, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1820, in Conesus, Livingston, New York, United States, at the age of 78.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
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.
English (Leicestershire, of Norman origin): variant of Bevin with post-medieval excrescent -s. There has been some confusion with Welsh Bevan and Bevans .
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