Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Van Winkle was born on 19 September 1764, in Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Michael Van Winkle, was 28 and his mother, Phoebe Carter, was 27. He married Charity Salle on 1 February 1787, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 September 1839, in Franklin, Morgan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin Election Precinct, Morgan, Illinois, United States.
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- Abraham Vanwinkle, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Abraham VanWinkle, "BillionGraves Index"
- Abraham Vanwinkle, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"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."""
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Vietnamese Anh, Thanh, Hung, Minh, Vinh, Dung, Hue, Huong, Lan, Quang, Tan, Thuy, Hong, Chi, Hang, Ho, Pok, Sang, Bai, Chin, Ching, Chu, Chuan, Dong.
Vietnamese (Vạn): from the Chinese surname 萬, see Wan 1.
Vietnamese (Văn): from the Chinese surnames 文 or 聞, see Wen 2 and 3, and also 5 below.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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He was a sheriff and Justice of the Peace in Wayne County, KY.
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