Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Bethel was born on 26 May 1768, in Fluvanna, Virginia, United States, his father, Valentine Bethel, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Brooks, was 19.
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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."""""""
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Ithell ‘son of Ithel’, a personal name meaning ‘bountiful lord’. This name was adopted in Wales and elsewhere as a name for a chapel, as it is a homograph of a Biblical placename meaning ‘house of God’ in Hebrew (Genesis 12, 13, 28, and elsewhere in the Bible).
German: habitational name from Bethel in Westphalia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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