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Name: William Mosher Titles and Terms: Event Type: Birth Event Date: 24 Mar 1715 Event Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Residence Place: Gender: Male Age: Nationality: Race: BirthPlace: Father's Name: James Mosher Father's Titles and Terms: Father's BirthPlace: Mother's Name: Mercy Mother's Titles and Terms: Mother's BirthPlace: Paternal Grandfather's Name: Paternal Grandmother's Name: Maternal Grandfather's Name: Maternal Grandmother's Name: Note: PAge: Record Number: Reference ID: p. 96 GS Film Number: 775496 Frame Number: Digital Folder Number: 007010711 Image Number: 00057
'Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:Q29G-T8B2 : 5 November 2017), James Mosher in entry for William Mosher, 24 Mar 1715; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm
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
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