Brief Life History of Sereno Edwards
When Sereno Edwards Dwight was born on 10 December 1754, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Timothy Dwight II, was 28 and his mother, Mary Edwards, was 20. He married Cynthia Pomeroy on 5 May 1775. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1754. He died on 10 October 1783, in At Sea, at the age of 28, and was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Serenis Edwards Dwight, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sereno Dwight, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sereno Edwards Dwight, "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."""
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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English (Buckinghamshire): probably a variant of Twite , from various places called with Old Norse thveit ‘clearing’ (see Thwaites ). Alternatively, it may be a variant of Tuite .
History: Timothy Dwight (1752–1817), Congregational minister, author, and president of Yale College (1795–1817), was the dominant figure in the Established Order of CT. He was born in Northampton, MA, a descendant of John Dwight, who came from Dedham, England, in 1635 and settled in Dedham, MA, and the grandson of Jonathan Edwards, the great theologian of American Puritanism.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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