When Benjamin Patch was born on 5 June 1766, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonathan J Patch II, was 26 and his mother, Dorcas Whitcomb, was 26. He married Betty Hunt on 14 January 1788, in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1800. He died after 1850, in Liberty, Township of Liberty, Jackson, Michigan, 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."""""""
George Washington elected first president of United States.
English: variant of Pask .
Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Pač (see Pac 2).
Probably also an Americanized form of German Petsch , Pätsch (see Patsch 1) or Patsch 2.
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