When John Roe was born on 6 March 1770, in Vermont, United States, his father, Samuel Roe, was 19 and his mother, Anna Cooper, was 22. He married Mary Waight Burdick about 1790. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 16 March 1835, in Middlebury Center, Middlebury Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Middlebury Center, Middlebury Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English rā). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, rā remained unrounded and survives as Ray 3.
English: post-medieval variant of Wroe (see Wray ). Wroe may also have been used as a spelling of Roe .
English: post-medieval variant of Row (or vice versa); see Rowe .
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