When Joshua Spooner was born on 1 June 1741, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Spooner Sr., was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Wells, was 31. He married Bathsheba Ruggles on 15 January 1766, in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 1 March 1778, in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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"""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."""""""
English: occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English sponer, of uncertain meaning. It appears to be a derivative of Middle English spon ‘chip of wood, shingle, spoon’, and could denote either someone who made or fitted wooden roofing shingles or who made and sold spoons as eating implements, typically of wood or horn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJoshua Spooner was murdered by his wife Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner. Bathsheba was the daughter of General Timothy Ruggles, who was the highest officer during the French & Indian War. During the Rev …
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