Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY

Born

11 July 1795 , Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA

Died

12 December 1878 , Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah (Sally) Todd married Pardon Bennett NYE 10 November 1814 in Freetown, Massachusetts, USA . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pardon Bennett NYE was born 1 June 1791 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA. Pardon Bennett died 27 May 1839 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

Parents & Family of Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY

Parents of Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY

Father

Abram (Abraham) ASHLEY

Mother

Mary PURRINGTON

Grandparents of Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY

Paternal grandparents

Percival ASHLEY Anna BISHOP

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY

Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY married

Pardon Bennett NYE
Marriage date: 10 November 1814
Marriage place: Freetown, Massachusetts, USA

Children of Pardon Bennett NYE and Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY

Walter Scott NYE

Born: abt. 1837, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 9 April 1864, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin Franklin NYE

Born: 27 July 1838, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 5 December 1862, At Sea*

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Birth — 1795
11 July 1795
Fairhaven, Massachusetts, USA

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

John Adams Genealogy

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson Genealogy

1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1814 Marriage / Partner
Sarah (Sally) Todd ASHLEY and Pardon Bennett NYE 10 November 1814, Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown)

She was 19 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1838 Birth of Child
Benjamin Franklin NYE was born 27 July 1838, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah (Sally) Todd was 43 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pardon Bennett NYE died 27 May 1839, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1862 Death of Child
Benjamin Franklin NYE died 5 December 1862, At Sea*

Sarah (Sally) Todd was 67 years old.

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1864 Death of Child
Walter Scott NYE died 9 April 1864, Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah (Sally) Todd was 68 years old.

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

Grave

Acushnet Cemetery Acushnet Bristol County Massachusetts, USA

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Death — 1878
12 December 1878
Acushnet, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 83.

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Burial & Cemetery

Burial details for Sarah

Acushnet Cemetery Acushnet Bristol County Massachusetts, USA

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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