When Catherina Coblentz was born on 7 March 1757, in Littlestown, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Phillip Coblentz, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Hesson, was 23. She had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Balthasar Hesson Jr.. She died on 5 August 1826, in her hometown, at the age of 69, and was buried in Littlestown, Adams, 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.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from the German city of Koblenz, situated at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel. It was founded in 9 BC as a Roman town, Latin name Confluentes (fluvii) ‘confluent rivers’, from which the modern name derives.
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