Brief Life History of Ephriam
When Private Ephriam FORBUSH was born on 18 October 1756, in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Lieutenant David Forbush Sr., was 38 and his mother, Ruth Wood, was 40. He married Mary Heywood Buttrick on 25 March 1784, in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 17 February 1828, in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ephraim Forbush, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ephraim Forbush, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Ephraim Furbush in entry for Mary Furbush, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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."""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Scottish: altered form of Forbes , which was traditionally pronounced as two syllables. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Altered form of German Vorbusch, a topographic name for someone living on the edge of a wood, from vor ‘in front of’ + North German Busch ‘wood, bush’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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