When Josiah Fairfield was born on 12 October 1701, in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Deacon William Fairfield, was 38 and his mother, Esther Gott or Batchelder, was 33. He married Eunice Cogswell on 21 December 1724, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 7 May 1777, in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairfield Burying Ground, Wenham, Essex, 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."""""""
English: habitational name from any of various places, primarily Fairfield in Derbyshire or Kent, both named from Old English fæger ‘beautiful’ + feld ‘open country’, or Fairfield in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English fōr ‘hog’ + feld.
History: John Fairfield was an immigrant to Charlestown, MA, in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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