When David Sherburne was born in 1780, in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, William Sherburne, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Muchmore, was 32. He married Betsey Sherburne Moses on 26 November 1807, in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 18 August 1856, in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Epsom, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States.
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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.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English (Lancashire): habitational name from any of several places called with Old English scīr ‘bright, clear’ + burna ‘stream’, including Sherburn in Elmet (Yorkshire), Sherburn (East Yorkshire, Durham), Shirburn (Oxfordshire), Sherborne (Dorset, Gloucestershire), Sherborne Saint John, Monk Sherborne (Hampshire), Sherbourne (Warwickshire), Sherbourne in Albury (Surrey), and Sherborne in Litton (Somerset). This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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