Brief Life History of Bethiah
When Bethiah Kempton was born in 1770, in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Kempton, was 35 and her mother, Susannah Washburn, was 28. She died on 27 May 1857, in Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Bethiah Kempton in household of Sayles Mowry, "United States Census, 1850"
- Bethiah Kempton, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
- Bethiah Kimton in entry for John Darling Or Kimton, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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."""""""
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern):
perhaps occasionally a habitational name from a place called Kempton in Shropshire, named from an Old English personal name Cempa + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
variant of Kimpton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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