Brief Life History of Timothy
When Timothy Lester was born on 27 August 1718, in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Lieut. Andrew Lester, was 25 and his mother, Lydia Starkweather, was 26. He married Mehetable Belcher on 1 October 1741, in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 17 February 1795, in Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Timothy Lester, "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941"
- Timothy Lestor, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Timothy Lester, "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."""
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leicester, which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.
English and Scottish: variant of Lister .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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