When Captain Richard Bosworth was born on 16 July 1750, in Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Deacon Joseph Bosworth, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Cobb, was 30. He married Hannah Chipman on 10 February 1780, in Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1775. He died on 7 November 1830, in Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 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."""""""
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English: habitational name from Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire (Baresworde in Domesday Book) from an Old English personal name, Bār (from bār ‘boar’) + worth ‘enclosure’, and possibly also from Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, so named with an Old English personal name Bōsa + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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