He was a tanner by trade. He was married three times, first to Ann Pitts (the widow of Samuel Joy), second to Naomi Flanders, and third to Sarah, who had also been widowed twice, previously married to Samuel Carter and Ephraim Brown.
1652
Dec 12
1652 • Religion: George Fox preaches to a large crowd on Firbank Fell in England, leading to the establishment of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). |
1678
Apr 5
Age: 25y
1678 • French admiral Jean d'Estrees runs his whole fleet aground in Curaçao. |
1680
Jan 20
Age: 27y
1680 • The Great Comet of 1680 is first sighted. |
1680
Jan 20
Age: 27y
1725
Age: 71y
deathAmesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ In his will he he speaks of "my first wife," and again of "my second wife" and " the estate she brought me." His will was dated August 13th of that year, and went to probate March 4 1728. 2 Sources ⇓ |
1725 • Catherine I becomes Empress of Russia on the death of her husband, Peter the Great. |