When Joel Pringle was born on 16 January 1725, in Quinnipiac, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joel Prindle, was 29 and his mother, Jemima Benham, was 24. He married Deborah Bigelow in 1745, in Albany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1800, in Hallowell Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in United Empire Loyalist Cemetery, Adolphustown, Greater Napanee, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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.
Scottish and English (Northumbria): habitational name from a placenear Stow Roxburghshire, formerly called Hop(p)ringle, fromMiddle English hop ‘enclosed valley’ + a name of Old Norseorigin composed of the byname Prjónn ‘pin, peg’ + anunidentified second element.
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