♂ John Tolman

1642 - 1725

John Tolman
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Parents
Thomas Tolman
Thomas Tolman
1608 - 1690
Sarah
Sarah
1612 - 1677
Spouse
Elizabeth Collins
Elizabeth Collins
1648 - 1690
Children
Henry Tolman
Henry Tolman
1678 - 1759

He was admitted to Dorchester church in 1674, and was in King Phillip's War a year or so later.  He was a wheelwright by trade, and a constable in 1678 and 1705.

 

Timeline

1666


Age: 23y

marriage


Elizabeth Collins
1666 Lund University is founded in Lund, Sweden.
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1675


Age: 32y

military


He was in King Phillip's war under Capt. Henchman. The war lasted from June 1675 until August of 1676. It is also sometimes called the "First Indian War" or "Metacom's Rebellion."
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1675 • King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London; construction begins.

1725


Jan 1
Age: 82y
1725 • In Qing Dynasty China 66 copies of a 5,020 volume long encyclopedia, the Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings from the Earliest to Current Times) are printed, necessitating the crafting of 250,000 movable type characters cast in bronze.

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