Brief Life History of Aaron
When Aaron Goodrich was born on 3 March 1758, in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, David Goodrich Sr., was 38 and his mother, Martha Mudge, was 37. He registered for military service in 1777. He died in 1778, in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 20.
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- Aaron Goodrich, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Aaron Goodrich, "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"
- Barbour Collection of Vital Records - Sharon, Connecticut
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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: from the Middle English personal name Goderiche, Old English Gōdrīc, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ + rīc ‘power’.
English: habitational name from Goodrich (Herefordshire), a shortened form for ‘castle Goodrich’, which takes its name from Godric Mapson, a holder of the estate recorded in the Domesday Book.
Americanized form of German Güttrich, cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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