Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Beach was born on 28 February 1766, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Samuel Beach Jr., was 37 and her mother, Rachel Strong, was 36. She married Jonathan Ward on 12 August 1782, in Hartland, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died in 1805, at the age of 39.
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- Nancy Beech, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Nancy Beech, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Nancy in entry for Rachel Ward, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"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."""
1781 · The First Constitution
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (Old English bēce) or Middle English beche ‘stream’ (Old English bæce). Middle English beche may be from Old English bēce ‘beech’ or bæce ‘stream’, and without further evidence it is impossible to distinguish these in Middle English.
Americanized form of Alsatian and German Bitsch: habitational name from Bitche (German Bitsch) in Alsace and Lorraine, at the foot of the northern slope of the Vosges.
Americanized form of German (mainly Hesse) Bitsch: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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