When Elijah Gove was born on 8 July 1762, in Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Obadiah Gove, was 38 and his mother, Mary Dow, was 33. He married Susan Jewell about 1790. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 8 February 1843, at the age of 80, and was buried in McCoy Cemetery, Gilford, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New Hampshire is 9th state.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Scottish (Kincardines and Angus): variant of Gow .
English (Devon): variant of Goff .
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