When Jacob S Stevens was born about 1761, in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Stevens, was 45 and his mother, Rachel Needham, was 34. He married Martha Pettengill on 5 April 1786, in Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 19 November 1844, in Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in River Road Cemetery, Greene, Androscoggin, Maine, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""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."""""""
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.
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
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Possible Related NamesJacob Stevens came from Charlton, Massachusetts, about 1786 (when his brother Thomas emigrated from same) as a single man. He married Martha Pettengill, the daughter of Mark and Sarah (Clough) Pette …
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