When Samuel Forbes Adam was born on 1 June 1783, in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, John Adam, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Forbes, was 27. He married Mary Sampson on 15 April 1805, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 2 May 1854, in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Adam Cemetery, North Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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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.
Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
English: from the Middle English personal name Adkin (a pet form of Adam formed with the suffix -kin) + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name was particularly common in the English Midlands. Compare Atkins .
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