Brief Life History of Roswell
When Roswell Haskins was born on 14 December 1766, in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Micah Haskins, was 31 and his mother, Abigail Jewell, was 27. He married Lois Kelsey in August 1789, in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 26 October 1808, in Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 41.
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- Roswel Hoskin, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Roswell Hoskins, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Roswell Hoskins, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Haskin , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Ó hUiscín; see Haskin . More probably, however, it is an altered form of a diminutive of Fuarghus, a personal name meaning ‘cold vigor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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