When Willam Wheaton was born on 22 December 1731, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Wheaton, was 36 and his mother, Deborah Hillard, was 31. He married Rebecca Taylor on 14 February 1752, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 7 March 1791, in Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 59.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
During 1780 to 1781, over 12,000 French troops occupy Newport, Rhode Island.
English (Devon): variant of Whiddon .
History: Robert Wheaton came from England to Rehoboth, MA, c. 1636.
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