When Samuel Wildes Jr. was born in 1740, in Arundel, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Wildes, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Morgan, was 28. He married Olive Deshon about 1763, in Arundel, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Phippsburg, Lincoln, Maine, United States in 1820 and Kennebunkport, York, Maine, United States in 1873. He died before 24 March 1788, in Arundel, York, Maine, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1760: Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Lincoln, Maine, United States
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
English (Lancashire): variant of Wilds .
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