Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Dunn was born on 6 August 1764, in Poland, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, her father, Josiah Dunn Sr., was 32 and her mother, Sarah Randall, was 26. She married Daniel Wescott on 15 December 1783, in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter.
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- Sarah Dunn, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Sarah Dun, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Sarah Dun, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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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."""
1795
Historical Boundaries: 1795: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States 1854: Androscoggin, Maine, United States
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne . This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown .
English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man, from Middle English dun ‘dun, dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’).
Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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