Brief Life History of Bethiah
When Bethiah Fenno was born on 12 October 1692, in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Fenno III, was 27 and her mother, Rachel Newcomb, was 25. She married Charles Wentworth on 15 December 1713, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 29 April 1780, in Canton, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Bethia Fenno Wentworth, "Find A Grave Index"
- Bethia Fenoo & Charles Wentworth, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Bethyer in entry for Bethyer Wentworth, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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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."""
Name Meaning
English: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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