Brief Life History of William
When William Brockman was born on 23 October 1740, in St. Thomas Parish, Orange, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Brockman, was 25 and his mother, Mary Collins, was 23. He married Elizabeth Brockman in 1764. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He died in July 1812, in Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Boone, Kentucky, United States.
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- Wm Brockman, "United States Census, 1810"
- William Brockman, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Brockman in entry for Elijah Lucas and Nancy Brockman, "Virginia, Orange County Marriage Records, 1757-1938"
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1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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 (Kent): variant of Brookman , a topographic name for someone who lived by a brook or stream (see Brook 1).
Americanized form of Jewish (from Poland) Brokman: occupational name, an agent form based on the Yiddish verb brokn ‘to crumble, shred’.
Americanized form of German Brockmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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