Brief Life History of Richard
Richard Whatley was born about 1773, in Georgia, United States. He died in United States, and was buried in United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Whatley - Published information: birth: about 1773; Georgia, United States
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1776
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
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Georgia is the 4th state.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
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"""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."""""""
Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire and Somerset): variant of Wheatley . A habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, as for example Whatley in Somerset, Whately in Warwickshire, or any of the places mentioned under Wheatley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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