When Joseph Bucklin Bosworth Sr. was born on 6 March 1790, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Benajah Bosworth, was 47 and his mother, Hannah Brown, was 35. He married Lucinda Hopkins on 17 May 1815. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1840 and Copley, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 16 July 1850, in Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English: habitational name from Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire (Baresworde in Domesday Book) from an Old English personal name, Bār (from bār ‘boar’) + worth ‘enclosure’, and possibly also from Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, so named with an Old English personal name Bōsa + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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