Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Douglas was born on 15 July 1738, in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Robert Douglas, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Edgecombe, was 29. She married Edward Raymond on 14 February 1758, in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 December 1812, in Waterford, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Waterford, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Sarah Douglas, "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941"
- Sarah Raymond, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah in entry for Robert Raymond, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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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."""""""
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called from their situation on a river named with Gaelic dubh ‘dark, black’ + glas ‘stream’ (a derivative of glas ‘blue’). There are several localities in Scotland and Ireland so named, but the one from which the surname is derived in most if not all cases is Douglas in Lanarkshire 20 miles south of Glasgow, the original stronghold of the influential Douglas family and their retainers.
History: The family taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire were of Flemish origin. They rose to great prominence in the 14th and 15th centuries, controlling the earldoms of Douglas, Morton, and Angus, and later, Queensberry.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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