Brief Life History of Jotham
When Jotham Rounds was born on 2 March 1763, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, David Round Jr., was 30 and his mother, Hannah King, was 21. He married Susannah Wilbur in 1788, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He registered for military service in 1782. He died on 25 March 1847, at the age of 84.
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- Jotham Rounds, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Jotham Rounds, "New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962"
- Jotham Rounds, "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
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
English (Staffordshire): variant of Round , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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