Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Jewett was born on 8 December 1755, in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Jewett, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Flagg, was 29. She married Andrew Spalding on 8 December 1780, in Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 26 October 1841, in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Sheddsville, West Windsor, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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- Sarah Jewett, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sarah Spalding, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Jewett, "Massachusetts, Church Records, 1630-1943"
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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."""
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 (northern): from the Middle English female personal name Jouet, Jouot, Juet. This was an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of the Biblical name Judith and also a pet form (with the Anglo-Norman French suffix -et(te)) of both Judith and the much commoner female name Julian (from Latin Juliana, a derivative of Julius). See Jew and Julian .
Americanized form of French Jouet or Jouët (see Jouett ) and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname.
History: This surname is listed along with the variant Jouett in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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