Brief Life History of William
When William Harlow Jr was born on 11 July 1744, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Harlow III, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Littlejohn, was 23. He married Sarah Holmes on 9 November 1763, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1744. He died on 10 October 1812, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in North Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- William Harlow, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- William Harlow, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- William Harlow, "Find A Grave Index"
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1755
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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."""""""
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Harlow (Essex), Harlow in Mayfield (Staffordshire), Great Harlow in Clapham (Yorkshire), Harlow Hill in Pannal (Yorkshire), or Harlow Hill in Ovingham (Northumberland). The Essex and Northumberland placenames probably derive from Old English here ‘army’ + hlāw ‘mound, hill’. The other placenames probably derive from Old English hār ‘gray, hoar’ + hlāw.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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