Brief Life History of Phineas
When Phineas Barton was born on 9 May 1752, in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Barton, was 25 and his mother, Abigail Dana, was 20. He married Elizabeth Hasey on 8 February 1772, in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 26 July 1827, in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Phenehas Barton, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Phineas Barton, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Phineas Barton, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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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."""
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.
Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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