When Elijah Spear was born on 22 June 1755, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Moses Spear Sr, was 34 and his mother, Submit Hastings, was 27. He married Lydia Kent about 1779. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died about 1839, in Yorkshire, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 85.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
English (Devon): nickname from Middle English spere ‘spear’ (Old English spere), perhaps used for a tall, thin person, or for a maker or skilled user of spears. Compare Spearman .
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