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1722
Feb 5
| 1722 • A small group of Bohemian Brethren (the "Hidden Seed") from northern Moravia are allowed to settle in a new village, Herrnhut, on the Berthelsdorf estate of the pietist Count Nicolaus Zinzendorf in Upper Lusatia (Saxony), forming the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, seed of the Moravian Church's renewal. |
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 • Johann von Werth tries to take his troops over the Austrian border, but they refuse. |
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 • Coordinated scientific observations of the transit of Mercury are organized by Joseph-Nicolas Delisle. |
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 flees to the Isle of Skye from Arisaig, after the unsuccessful Jacobite rising of 1745, marked by the Prince's Cairn on the banks of Loch nan Uamh |
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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 • Gaspar de Portolà and Father Junípero Serra establish Monterey, the presidio of Alta California territory for Spain from 1777–1822, United Mexican States 1824–1846, until the California Republic. |
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 • 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 ⇓ 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 • Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. patent (for an improved method of making potash). |
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 • Louis XVI of France declares to the National Assembly that he will maintain the constitutional laws. |
1790
Age: 67y
| 1790 • Alexander Hamilton's Assumption Bill, giving effect to his First Report on the Public Credit, is passed in the United States Congress, allowing the federal government to assume the consolidated debts of the U.S. states. |
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 • War of the First Coalition – Battle of Montenotte: Napoleon Bonaparte gains his first victory as an army commander. |
1796
Apr 3
Age: 74y
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deathHampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ⇓ He was buried at Hampstead Center Cemetery. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1796 • Widow Joséphine de Beauharnais marries General Napoléon Bonaparte. |