When Davis Stillman was born on 20 May 1774, in Rhode Island, United States, his father, Samuel Stillman, was 27 and his mother, Lydia Davis, was 24. He married Sarah Burdick about 1801, in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Amity, Allegany, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 19 October 1860, in Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Scio, Allegany, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Americanized form of German Stillmann: variant of Still .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or artificial name from German still ‘calm, quiet’ + Mann ‘man’ (Yiddish shtil + man).
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stile or steep ascent, from Middle English stile, stigel, stighel, steghel ‘stile; steep ascent’ (Old English stigel, stigol) + -man. See also Stile and compare Stiller .
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