David Thompson Myers was born on 24 October 1762, in Dutchess, New York, United States. He married Phebe Schuls on 6 May 1789, in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 22 April 1821, in Hopewell, East Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Hopewell Junction, East Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
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.
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
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