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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 • June 3 – The Battle of La Hougue is the decisive naval battle in the Nine Years' War, ending in an Anglo-Dutch victory. |
1715
Jun 29
Age: 23y
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marriageHannah Heath Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1715 • Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18): The fall of Nauplion, the capital of the Venetian "Kingdom of the Morea", seals the fate of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is soon completely retaken by the Ottomans. |
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 • Casa de Contratación ("House of Trade") is set up in Cádiz. |
1722
Feb 5
Age: 29y
| 1722 • Edenton is incorporated as the county seat of Chowan County, North Carolina. The governor and assembly of North Carolina move to Edenton, making it the de facto capital of North Carolina until 1746, when the government is moved to New Bern. |
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 • Robert Wood publishes The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria in English and French, making the ancient city of Baalbek in Syria known to the West. |