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He was a weaver by trade. He settled in Haverhill in 1717, and removed to Hampstead after 1740.
1692
May 17
| 1692 • The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony, with the charging of 3 women with witchcraft. |
1715
Jun 29
Age: 23y
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marriageHannah Heath Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1715 • The Battle of Sheriffmuir during the Jacobite rising in Scotland. Although the action is inconclusive, the forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain led by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, halt the Jacobite advance. |
1717
May 16
Age: 24y
residenceHaverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ "Josiah Heath Junior of Haverhill for six pounds received of my Son in Law John Davis of the same place, sells him one and a half acres of land in Haverhill, bounded on Wm Whiticker, 16 May 1717; witnesses Hannah Heath, Benjamin Emerson" 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1717 • Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain, shown at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, The Loves of Mars and Venus. |
1722
Feb 5
Age: 29y
| 1722 • Dutch admiral Jakob Roggeveen lands on what is now Easter Island. |
1756
Nov 15
Age: 64y
willHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ In his will, he mentions children John, Nathaniel, Abial, Samuel, Joseph, Sarah, Jane, Hannah Rowel, Obadiah, Josiah, and Ephraim. A Thomas Emery was a witness to his will, and his brother married a Lydia Emery. Potentially they are related in some way. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1756 • Frederick II of Prussia invades Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War on the continent. |
1757
Feb 3
Age: 64y
| 1757 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf: A Prussian army under Hans von Lehwald is defeated by the Russian army of Marshal Stepan Apraksin. |