Brief Life History of Dorothy
When Dorothy Horton was born on 16 September 1751, in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Horton, was 38 and her mother, Patience Badcock, was 31. She married Jonathan Taunt on 27 October 1770, in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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- Dorothy Horton, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Dorothy Korton, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Dorothy in entry for John Horton Tant, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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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."""""""
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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