Mary BOOMER

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abt. 1637 , Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

abt. 1715 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Matthew BOOMER Eleanor PECKHAM?

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Born: abt. 1637 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Matthew BOOMER

Mother: Eleanor PECKHAM?

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Mary married John LAWTON abt. 1670 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
John LAWTON was born abt. 1642 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. John died abt. 1678 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. John was the child of George LAWTON and Elizabeth HAZARD.

Mary married (2) Gideon FREEBORN 3 June 1678 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . Gideon FREEBORN was born abt. 1639 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale). Gideon died 27 February 1719 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Gideon was the child of William FREEBORN and Mary WILSON?.

Mary BOOMER died abt. 1715 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Mary BOOMER married

John LAWTON
Marriage date: abt. 1670
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

John LAWTON was the child of George LAWTON and Elizabeth HAZARD

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LAWTON John John (-1678) & Mary [BOOMER], m-2 Gideon FREEBORN 1678, ca 1670-5 Portsmouth, RI {Hall-Baldwin 123 Reg. 49:442 McIntire Anc. 68. 93 Coggeshall (1930) 43 Austin's Dict. 23, 121, 296 Hazard 6, 14 French Anc. 48}

Children of John LAWTON and Mary BOOMER

George LAWTON

Born: abt. 1673, , Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 20 January 1740, , Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Mary DENNIS 1692 Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Mary BOOMER married

Gideon FREEBORN
Marriage date: 3 June 1678
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Gideon FREEBORN was the child of William FREEBORN and Mary WILSON?

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1678 Marriage / Partner
Mary BOOMER and Gideon FREEBORN 3 June 1678, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state