When Samuel Sagers was born in 1768, in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Joseph Segar, was 45 and his mother, Mary Taylor, was 44.
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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.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Dutch: from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch saghen ‘to saw’. This surname has died out in the Netherlands.
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