When Nathan Brockway was born on 7 May 1736, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Richard Brockway, was 62 and his mother, Elizabeth Tiffany, was 40. He married Mary Alger in 1758, in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 11 August 1822, in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Broadalbin-Mayfield Rural Cemetery, Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
English: topographic name from Middle English broke ‘brook, stream’ + weye ‘way, road’, for someone who lived ‘(by the) road near the brook’. The name may refer to a lost or as yet unidentified place.
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