Brief Life History of Elkanah
When Elkanah Wood Sr. was born on 7 November 1769, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Wood, was 32 and his mother, Abigail Carver, was 35. He married Laurinda White on 17 May 1798, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 17 February 1865, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Elcanah Wood, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
- Elkanah Wood, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Elkanah Wood, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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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."""""""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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