Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Messenger Jr. was born on 25 November 1723, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Ebenezer Messinger, was 26 and his mother, Rebecca Sweetser, was 22. He married Lydia Cox on 4 March 1744, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1723. He died on 24 March 1806, in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 82.
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- Ebenezer Messinger, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Ebenezer Messenger, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Ebenezer Messenger in entry for Ebenezer Messenger, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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."""
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English messager, messenger ‘messenger’ (Old French messagier, messager).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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