When David Kneeland was born on 23 August 1772, in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, his father, David Kneeland, was 20 and his mother, Mercy Pepoon Kneeland, was 20. He married Statira Williams about 1797, in Marlborough, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 22 March 1821, in LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Langworthy Cemetery, LeRoy, Genesee, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Irish: Anglicized form of Ó Nialláin (see Nealon ). This surname is rare in Britain.
History: Family tradition holds that John Kneeland, born in 1575 in Glasgow, Scotland, came with his brother Edward to Massachusetts Bay c. 1630 on board one of his father's vessels freighted with provisions for the Pilgrims, and that he settled near Boston. His grandson Samuel Kneeland (1697–1769) was a printer who published the Boston Gazette from 1741 to 1755.
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