Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Denison was born about 1689, her father, James Denison, was 51 and her mother, Bethia Boykin, was 47.
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1701
New Haven is the home of Yale University. A The city served as co-capital of Connecticut from 1701 until 1873, when sole governance was transferred to the more centrally located city of Hartford.
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."""""""
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Dennison .
Americanized form of a Slavic patronymic from the personal name Denis or Denys , such as Russian Denisov or Ukrainian Denysenko or Denysevych.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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