When Ephraim Peck II was born on 21 May 1721, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Captain Ephraim Peck Sr, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Ford, was 24. He married Sarah Porter in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1790. He died on 21 July 1801, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 80.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English: variant of Speake , with loss of initial S- (or perhaps vice versa).
English: variant of Peak .
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of Petch , itself a variant of Peach .
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