Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Kirby was born on 18 June 1763, in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Wesson Kirby, was 31 and his mother, Hannah White, was 32. He married Patience Lawton on 25 October 1788, in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 20 August 1817, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 54.
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- Benjamin Kirby, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Benjamin Kirby, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Benj Kirby in entry for Hannah Sherman, "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."""
1781 · The First Constitution
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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