Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Freese was born on 1 January 1756, in Athens, Athens, Greene, New York, United States, his father, Jacob Freese, was 57 and his mother, Rebecca Van Loon, was 36.
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- Abraham Freese, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
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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."""
1800
Historical Boundaries: 1800: Greene, New York, United States
Name Meaning
German: northern variant of Fries 1.
Dutch: variant of Frese .
English: metonymic occupational name for a weaver of frieze, a coarse woolen cloth with a thick nap, from Middle English frise, frese (Old French frise).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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