When Lewis Thompson was born on 20 September 1768, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Hezekiah Thompson Sr, was 63 and his mother, Mary Whitmell, was 35. He married Elizabeth Hinton on 17 April 1794, in Gates, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 April 1814, at the age of 45.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th 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: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
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