Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Russell Sr was born on 16 July 1692, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Russell, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Palmer, was 30. He married Rebecca Kendall about 1725, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1692. He died in 1791, at the age of 99.
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- Samuell Russell, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Samuel Russell in entry for Sam Russell, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Samuel Russell, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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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."""
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.
Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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