Brief Life History of Zachariah
When Zachariah Lathrop was born on 25 March 1742, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Lathrop, was 53 and his mother, Mary Kelly, was 47. He married Mehitable Cleveland on 24 April 1768, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 26 December 1817, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- Zachariah Lathrop, "United States Census, 1800"
- Zacharius Lothrup, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Zachariah Lathrop, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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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.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a variant of Laythorpe, a habitational name from Laythorpe, the former name of a settlement in Lincolnshire which is recorded as Ledulftorp in 1086 and Leilthorp in the 12th century. The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Leithulfr + Old Norse thorp ‘secondary settlement, outlying farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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