When Wealthea Crossman was born in 1765, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Job Crossman, was 25 and her mother, Jemima Pratt, was 22. She married Rufus Godfrey Sr on 9 March 1785, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She registered for military service in 1840. She died on 16 July 1852, in Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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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 First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
English (Somerset and Devon): topographic name for someone who lived by a cross, from Middle English cros, cros(s)e + man.
Americanized form of German Crössmann or Krössmann: from Middle Low German krōs, krüs ‘pitcher’, and hence a metonymic occupational name for maker of these; alternatively, a metonymic occupational name for a butcher, from Middle High German kroese ‘tripe’.
Americanized form of German Grossmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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