Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Southwick was born on 3 July 1746, in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Southwick, was 30 and his mother, Bethiah Callem, was 32. He married Mary Irish in 1768. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 19 June 1829, at the age of 82.
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- Joseph Southwick, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Joseph Southwick, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Josiah Southwick, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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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."""
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Southwick, including those in Durham, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Northamptonshire, Sussex, and Wiltshire, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + wīc ‘dwelling, specialized farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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