Brief Life History of William
When William Emerson was born on 28 November 1771, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, James Emerson, was 51 and his mother, Elizabeth Nichols, was 39. He married Lydia Scottow on 9 October 1794, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 7 December 1853, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82.
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- William Emerson, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Emerson in birth entry for George Emerson, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Wm. in marriage entry for Warren Emerson and Charlotte Heald, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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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."""""""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Emery’, or possibly a variant of Emmeson, from the Middle English personal name Emmott + -son, with later shortening of the first element (see Emmett ). See Emery and compare Empson .
History: The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father's side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, c. 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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