Ephraim Herrick
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Ephraim Herrick
Ephraim Herrick
1638 - 1693
Mary Cross
Mary Cross
1640
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1688


Jan 2
Age: 23y
1688 • The birth of James Francis Edward Stuart (later known as the "Old Pretender", d.1766), son and heir to James II of England and his Catholic wife Mary of Modena, at St James's Palace in London, increases public disquiet about a Catholic dynasty, particularly when the baby is baptised into the Catholic faith. Rumours about his true maternity swiftly begin to circulate.

1694


Age: 29y
1694 • Notorious voyage of the English slave ship Hannibal in the Atlantic slave trade out of Benin, ending with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard.

1699


Dec 11
Age: 35y

1706


Jun 9
Age: 41y
1706 English Parliament establishes the first turnpike trusts which place a length of road under the control of trustees drawn from local landowners and traders. The turnpike trusts borrow capital for road maintenance against the security of tolls and this arrangement becomes the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years.

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