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Name: Rufus Wheaton Gender: Male Christening Date: Christening Place: Birth Date: 05 Aug 1755 BirthPlace: SWANSEA,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Samuel Wheaton Father's BirthPlace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Prudence Mother's BirthPlace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50224-1 System Origin: Massachusetts-ODM GS Film Number: 0022366 IT 3 Reference ID:
'Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FZD8-MPX : 10 February 2018), Rufus Wheaton, 05 Aug 1755; citing SWANSEA,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0022366 IT 3.
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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