Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Holcomb was born on 5 January 1780, in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nathaniel Holcomb V, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Holcomb, was 40. She married Lorenzo Dow on 3 September 1804, in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 6 January 1820, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Burrows Hill Cemetery, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Holcomb - Published information: birth-name: Peggy Holcomb
- Peggy Dow, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Peggy Dow, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
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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.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English (Surrey and Sussex): habitational name from any of several places called Holcombe (Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Oxfordshire, Somerset), from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + cumb ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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