When Mary Warden was born on 16 March 1764, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Benjamin Worden, was 41 and her mother, Thankfull Edwards, was 43. She died on 25 January 1859, in Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Anglo-Norman French wardein, Old French gardein ‘one who keeps guard, a warden’, i.e. a gate-keeper, porter, or sentinel.
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Bedfordshire, County Durham, Kent, Northumerland, and Northamptonshire, called Warden, from Old English weard ‘watch’ + dūn ‘hill’. Compare Wardlaw and Wardle 2.
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