♀ Mary Davis

1752 - 1836

 

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Mary Davis
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Parents
Josiah Davis
Josiah Davis
1722 - 1796
Dorothy Colby
Dorothy Colby
1731 - 1826
Spouse
Edmund Eastman
Edmund Eastman
1752 - 1838
Children
Josiah J Eastman
Josiah J Eastman
1779 - 1868
 

Timeline

1752


Apr 21
Mary Davis - Find a Grave

birth


Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire, 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."
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1752 Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity, using a kite and a key.

1779


Mar 1
Age: 26y
1779 • After a second petition for partition from its residents, the North Carolina General Assembly abolishes Bute County, North Carolina (established 1764) by dividing it and naming the northern portion Warren County (for Revolutionary War hero Joseph Warren) and the southern portion Franklin County (for Benjamin Franklin). The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton (also named for Joseph Warren) to be the county seat of Warren County and Louisburg (named for Louis XVI of France) to be the county seat of Franklin County.

1810


Age: 57y
1810 • General Union of Spinners organizes strike action to raise wages in the smaller U.K. cotton centres to the Manchester level.

1830


Age: 77y
1830 • The Provisional Government in Brussels declares the creation of the independent state of Belgium, in revolt against the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

1836


Aug 30
Age: 84y
1836 • The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

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