When Lydia Sisson was born on 8 September 1714, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Richard Sisson, was 32 and her mother, Mehitable Fish, was 30. She married Jonathan Soule on 12 February 1737, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died in October 1779, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 65.
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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."""""""
English:
from the Middle English female personal name Sis(se), Cisse, a pet form of Cecily (see Sisley ) + -son.
variant of Syson, a habitational name from Syston (Leicestershire), from a short form of an Old English personal name such as Sigehǣth or Sigefrith + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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