When Andrew Shute was christened on 23 October 1768, in Kinderhook, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States, his father, John Schot, was 32 and his mother, Martha Patty Cleaveland, was 24. He married Sarah in 1791, in Kinderhook, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
Historical Boundaries 1786: Columbia, New York, United States
English (Devon): habitational name from any of several places called with Middle English shute, Old English scīete ‘projecting piece of land’ (often in the corner of a parish), in particular those in Devon, which include Shute near Axminster, Shute in Kelly, Shute in Ugborough, Shute in Shobrooke, Shute Farm in Bishopsteignton, and Shewte in Bovey Tracy. Other sources of the surname may include Shute Farm in Longbridge Deverill and Shute Farm in Donhead Saint Mary (both Wiltshire).
In some cases also an Americanized form of Croatian and Slovenian Šute, and probably also of its cognate Šutej (see Shutey ). Compare Shutte and Schutte .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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