Brief Life History of Bathsheba
When Bathsheba Nye was born on 10 December 1769, in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Simeon Nye, was 22 and her mother, Alice Ruggles, was 15. She married Elijah Robinson on 31 March 1786, in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 21 October 1843, in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Beersheba Nye in household of Francis Nye, "Massachusetts State Census, 1865"
- Bathsheba Nye, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Bathsheba Robinson, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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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."""
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ye ‘at the island’ (Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’), becoming atte nye. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by marsh, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Nye in Winscombe, Somerset.
English: alternatively, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ee ‘at the river’ (Old English ēa ‘river’), becoming atte nee. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived near a river, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Neigh Bridge in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 聶, see Nie 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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