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Name: William Shead Gender: Male Christening Date: Christening Place: Birth Date: 15 Apr 1735 BirthPlace: GROTON,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Jonathan Shead Father's BirthPlace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Sarah Mother's BirthPlace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50208-1 System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM GS Film Number: 0873746 IT 4 Reference ID:
'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FCL8-JR7 : 10 February 2018), William Shead, 15 Apr 1735; citing GROTON,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873746 IT 4.
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
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)
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