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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 • In Barbados, a slave revolt is crushed. |
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 • François-Marie Arouet is sentenced to imprisonment in the Bastille for eleven months because of a satirical verse against the Régent of France and his infamous daughter Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans who at the time was hiding an illegitimate pregnancy and soon to give birth;Jean-Michel Raynaud, Voltaire soi-disant, Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1983, vol.1, p.289 Arouet will emerge with the pseudonym Voltaire and the completed text of his first play, Œdipe. |
1722
Feb 5
Age: 29y
| 1722 • The Silence Dogood letters appear, written by Benjamin Franklin. |
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 • Leopold Mozart publishes his book on his method for learning to play the violin, Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule. |
1757
Feb 3
Age: 64y
| 1757 • Seven Years' War – Battle of Kolin: Frederick is defeated by an Austrian army under Marshal Daun, forcing him to evacuate Bohemia. |