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1722
Feb 5
1647
Nov 6
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birth of childMary Davis Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ⇓ On Mary's birth record her parents are Josiah Davis and Dorothy Colby. This record matches up exactly with her age at her death date (84 years 4 months). In 1797, her and her siblings granted land to their brother Jesse from their father "Josiah Davis, late of Hampstead". Her and her husband are described as "Edward Eastman and Molly Eastman of Corinth Vt." 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1647 • Aberystwyth Castle is razed to the ground by Parliamentarian troops. |
1743
Jan
Age: 20y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ Josiah Davis and Obediah Davis signed a petition for a parish together, along with Otho Stevens. The two brothers lived near the eastern shores of Wash Pond, which was home to several pioneer families. It's described that Josiah Davis "(it is supposed) followed the "twelve rod way" tract from the Davis land at East Haverhill to the land near the eastern shore of the Wash pond." 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1743 • Battle of La Guaira: a British expeditionary fleet under Sir Charles Knowles is defeated by the Spanish. |
1746
Dec 2
Age: 24y
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marriageDorothy Colby Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ They had nine children: James Johnson in 1747, Hannah in 1749, Mary in 1752, Edmund in 1756, Josiah in 1758, Anna in 1760, Dolly in 1763, Louis in 1765, and lastly Jesse, in 1767, all in New Hampshire. 4 Sources ⇓ |
| 1746 • Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling. |
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Age: 47y
1770
Age: 47y
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militaryNew Hampshire, USA ⇓ A Josiah Davis was a private in the American Revolution - possibly him. His brother Samuel also possibly enrolled. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1770 • Marie Antoinette marries Louis-Auguste (who later becomes King Louis XVI of France). |
1790
Age: 67y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ Two pages away, on page 17, Joseph Kimball is living with wife Martha Colby. She is likely the Martha that is the sister of Dorothy. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor starts to rule. |
1790
Age: 67y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ Two pages away, on page 17, Joseph Kimball is living with wife Martha Colby. She is likely the Martha that is the sister of Dorothy. There are also Eastmans living on the same page, and Heaths. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. |
1790
Age: 67y
| 1790 • The first United States Census is authorized; it is held later in the year. |
1790
Age: 67y
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residenceHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ On page 17, Joseph Kimball is living with wife Colby 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1790 • Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor starts to rule. |
1796
Age: 73y
willHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ His estate was administered October 20 1796, by his widow Dolly (Dorothy) Davis, with a bond of $3,000.00. William Marshall and Thomas Cotton are sureties. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1796 • Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination, in England. |
1796
Apr 3
Age: 74y
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deathHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ He was buried at Hampstead Center Cemetery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1796 • The Treaty of Tripoli (between the United States and Tripoli) is signed at Tripoli (see also 1797). |