Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel Proctor Sr. was born on 2 June 1762, in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Stephen Proctor, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Newhall, was 25. He married Nabby Waters on 16 January 1791, in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 April 1836, in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in North Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Daniel Procter, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Daniel Proctor, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Daniel Proctor, "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."""""""
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English (northern): occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour ‘steward’ (shortened from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator ‘agent’, from procurare ‘to manage’). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.
History: John Proctor (died 1757) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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