When Elizabeth Walworth was born in 1730, in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, William Walworth, was 36 and her mother, Mary Avery, was 35. She died in her hometown.
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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."""""""
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Walworth in Heighington (Durham) and Walworth in Newington (Surrey), both named with Old English w(e)alh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala) + worth ‘enclosure’.
History: A William Walworth of London came to New London, CT, in 1689.
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