When Lydia Ransom was born on 26 June 1742, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Mathew J. Ransom, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Way, was 23. She married Joseph Sterling on 2 February 1762, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 20 November 1825, in South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in South Woodstock Methodist Burying Ground, South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English:
patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rand , a pet form of the personal name Randolf (see Randolph ), + -son.
perhaps a variant of Ramsden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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