Brief Life History of John
John Woodbury was born about 1757, in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States as the son of Benjamin Woodbury Jr.. He married Sarah Adams on 19 January 1782, in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 29 December 1789, in At Sea, at the age of 33.
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- John Woodbery, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- John Woodbury, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- John Woodbery, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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 (Somerset and Devon): habitational name from Woodbury in Devon, named from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + byrig, dative of burg ‘fortress’, or from either of two places called Woodborough, in Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire. The Nottinghamshire placename has the same origin as Woodbury in Devon. Woodborough in Wiltshire is named with the same first element + Old English beorg ‘hill’.
History: John Woodbury emigrated from Somerset, England, to Gloucester, MA, in 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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