When Dorcas Botsford was born about 1767, in Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, John Botsford, was 34 and her mother, Dorcas Warren, was 34. She married John Wilkes Eddy on 15 October 1788, in Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 31 March 1821, at the age of 55.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
New York is the 11th state.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
English: habitational name from either of two places, in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, named Bottesford, from Old English botl ‘building’ + ford ‘ford’.
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