Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Frame was born on 4 May 1759, in New Garden Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, James Frame, was 32 and his mother, Susannah Downard, was 27. He married Elizabeth Baird in 1786, in Luzerne, Luzerne Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Londonderry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and Daleville, Londonderry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1830. He registered for military service in 1781. He died on 20 August 1850, in Wills Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Old Washington Cemetery, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
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- Thomas Frame, "United States Census, 1830"
- Thomas Frame, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thos Frame, "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: from Middle English frame ‘effective, beneficial’ (Old English fram ‘bold, active, strong’). The word was also used as a Middle English personal name.
Jewish (of Sephardic origin): probably an Anglicized form of Ephraim .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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