When Josiah Tilson was born on 12 August 1767, in Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Tilson, was 41 and his mother, Marcy Sturtevant, was 35. He married Hannah Sturtevant on 30 August 1789, in Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died in March 1857, in Sumner, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Peru, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Historical Boundaries: 1783: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English (mainly northern Midlands and Yorkshire): metronymic from the Middle English female personal name Till (a pet form of Matilda) + -son, i.e. ‘son of Till’. Compare Tillotson .
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