When Amey Bennett was born in 1753, in Northbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Robert Bennett, was 11 and her mother, Joanna Wilkinson Bucklin, was 5. She married John Sweet on 31 July 1785, in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 9 July 1824, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesTranscribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Sheryl Romasco Upton, Worcester Co, MA Volume 80 Page 493 Amey Sweet In the name of God, Amen I Amey Sweet of Upton in the County of Worcester and Commonwea …
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