When Esther Speight Blanchard was born on 18 April 1771, in Chowan, North Carolina, United States, her father, Aaron Blanchard, was 55 and her mother, Elizabeth Saphire Evans, was 51. She married John Benbury Walton on 7 December 1785, in Gates, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 5 December 1815, in Gates, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Gates, North Carolina, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
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 (Yorkshire): nickname from Middle English speght ‘woodpecker’ (Old English speoht, speht). Compare Speake 2.
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