When Esther Bronson was born on 21 January 1747, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Andrew Bronson, was 26 and her mother, Mary Scovill, was 19. She married Deacon Daniel Bronson on 19 July 1770, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 24 June 1819, in her hometown, at the age of 72, and was buried in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English: variant of Brunson .
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