Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Dooley was born about 1759, her father, Captain Thomas Dooley, was 25 and her mother, Rebecca Sharp, was 25. She married Andrew Hardy on 4 November 1781, in Bedford, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1847, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89.
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- Martha Dooley in entry for Andrew Hardy or Hardie, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943"
- Martha Dooley in entry for Andrew Hardie or Hardy, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943"
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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."""
1783 · A Free America
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhlaoich ‘descendant of Dubhlaoch’, a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘black’ (see Duff ) + laoch ‘warrior, hero’.
English: possibly a variant of Duley , Dolley , and Olley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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