Brief Life History of Priscilla
When Priscilla Hicks was born on 25 October 1763, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Hicks, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Wait, was 36. She married Stephan Earle on 2 September 1789, in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She registered for military service in 1836. She died on 8 June 1842, in Albany, Albany, New York, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Priscilla Hicks, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Priscilla Earl, "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872"
- Priscilla Earl in entry for Mary Darrow, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is a widespread surname in England, and is also common in southwest and southern Wales.
German: patronymic from Hick . Compare Hix .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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