When George Russell Cushing was born on 24 April 1768, in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Colonel David Cushing, was 40 and his mother, Mabel Gardner, was 30. He married Catharine Willard on 13 August 1801, in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 2 February 1851, in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82.
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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 (Norfolk): variant of Cousin .
Americanized form of French Cauchon .
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