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 Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Torbay in Britain with a multinational force of 15,000 mercenaries. He makes no claim to the British Crown, saying only that he has come to save Protestantism and to maintain English liberty, and begins a march on London.

1699


Dec 11
Age: 35y
1699 • Pirate Captain William Kidd is arrested and imprisoned in Boston, Massachusetts.

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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